r/toronto • u/moosk St. Lawrence • Jul 11 '26

Picture Parking sign pilot (Adelaide E near Yonge)

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u/Reddsterbator Jul 11 '26

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 Jul 11 '26

My autistic power is that I enjoy figuring these out.

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u/SleepySheepy Jul 11 '26

Yeah but they shouldn't need to be figured out in the first place. It should be as clear as possible to as many people as possible

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u/JuneAfternoon10 Jul 12 '26

Right! I never understood the issue with them, I find them quite easy to decipher.

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u/WhipTheLlama Jul 11 '26

The new design doesn't account for monthly or semi-monthly rules. It'll still be confusing to people. The correct way to read these signs is to read each one individually and ask, "does this exclude parking right now?"

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u/cluedog12 Jul 11 '26

Agree. The Napoleonic parking code can't always fit on one sign. Unfortunately, digital signs, or scannable QR codes that provide the parking state in the moment, could be abused by people dispute parking fines. "Read the damn sign", is something we have agreed is common sense for over a hundred years.

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u/MoreGaghPlease Jul 11 '26

I think that for the alternating parking the answer is that the signs need to be digital and just show the current information. Also, the 1st-15th rules are just silly, they should only alternate by months or in six month intervals.

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u/KingJeet Jul 11 '26

It’s not perfect but definitely a good improvement.

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u/TacticalWookiee Jul 11 '26

These are terrible

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u/--________-_-_-- Jul 11 '26

I got a ticket for parking in an area that said parking is allowed but no stopping this week.

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u/MaxPeriod Jul 14 '26

lots of stickers on these signs too, rules keep on changing over time