TTC parking returns to Yorkdale Station, with price hike

CityNews.ca
Jan. 31, 2017

TTC parking will return to Yorkdale Station on Wednesday, but you’ll have to fork out an extra $2 to use the newly-renovated lot.

The previous $5 fee has been upped to $7.

“The lot … offers more than 1,000 spaces in a covered, heated and well-lit multi-level structure,” the TTC said in a release on Tuesday. “It also features a communication system monitored by mall security and pay-on exit payment system, allowing for quicker entry.”

The TTC also noted that the extra 1,000 spaces will provide relief to commuters who have been parking at Downsview and Wilson stations.

In December 2016, the TTC closed Wilson Station’s west lot at a cost of 610 parking spots after the City declared it surplus, allowing Build Toronto to turn it into retail space.

Wilson Station has three remaining lots – for now.

In early 2017 the Wilson Station south lot will close, losing 541 spaces. It’s likely that in the following year the main lot with a capacity of 885 spots, will shut down.

The lack of parking spawned a group of savvy entrepreneurs to form the online community SpaceiShare, which allows residents to rent out their driveways.

Parking lot closures are also imminent at Victoria Park and Warden, while Downsview will remain open for at least another year before shuttering.

But the TTC is confident that with the return of Yorkdale, and other future projects, the parking drought can be alleviated.

“In addition to these (Yorkdale) spaces, commuters will have access to approximately 2,800 new spaces at three TTC lots on the Toronto-York Spadina subway extension by the end of 2017, as well as access to a lot at the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre.”