VMC Parking Strategy

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VMC Parking Strategy

The Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC) Parking Strategy will help the City manage parking within the downtown core.

The objective of the strategy is to develop a plan with immediate short- and long-term solutions that support continued investment in the VMC, while laying the foundation for fundamental changes in land-use and travel habits.

The City retained WSP Consulting in November 2016 to develop a comprehensive public parking strategy for the VMC. An early deliverable of the VMC Parking Strategy includes the identification of the necessary measures to address public parking when transit facilities open for service on Dec. 17, 2017.

In an effort to manage traffic in the VMC, a key recommendation of the parking strategy was to establish parking prohibitions and/or restrictions on selected city streets within the VMC.

The City is encouraging travellers to use transit and other transportation modes (including walking and cycling) when travelling to and from the subway. For convenience, passenger pick-up and drop-off areas for transit users are located on New Park Place and Millway Avenue where stopping will be permitted for 10 minutes.

There are also commuter parking lots at Highway 407 and Pioneer Village, as well as a temporary paid commercial parking lot on the east side of Millway Avenue.

Working effectively with York Region, SmartCentres and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, the City has constructed and opened the following new roads in the VMC’s northwest area:

Applewood Crescent from Highway 7 to Portage Parkway
Commerce Street from Highway 7 to Apple Mill Road
Apple Mill Road from Edgeley Boulevard to Applewood Crescent

Looking ahead

The City will continue working with stakeholders and other government partners to develop a comprehensive strategy that will address the parking needs associated with the anticipated growth in the VMC.

Transit

York Region Rapid Transit

Subway

SmartREIT

SmartCentres

Contact Information

Development Engineering

Phone: 905-832-2281

Email: developmentengineering@vaughan.ca

Location:
Vaughan City Hall, Level 200
2141 Major Mackenzie Dr.
Vaughan, ON L6A 1T1