Woodard Properties buys Water Street lot for $15 million from Charlottesville Parking Center - C-VILLE Weekly

One of Charlottesville’s most prolific developers has added another high-profile property to its portfolio by purchasing a parking lot where the City Market operates on Saturdays for seven months of the year.  “Woodard Properties has acquired the surface lot at 100 E. Water St., converting our leasehold interest in the property into ownership,” said CEO […]

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Ontario Place parking lot will cost taxpayers $200M but will quickly generate revenue: province
Ontario taxpayers will spend $200 million on a new parking garage at Ontario Place, but the government says it will quickly generate tens of millions of dollars in annual revenue.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-place-parking-garage-9.7232700?cmp=rss
Ford government signs $200M contract to build 5-storey parking garage at Ontario Place
The new five-storey building will include 3,500 parking spots and 680 electric vehicle charging stations, and the government hopes it will generate $60 million in annual revenue.
#Politics #Fordgovernment #OntarioPlace #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11900439/ontario-place-parking-garage-contract/
Couldn't find parking at P.E.I.'s beaches in 2025? Parks Canada hopes to change that this summer
Parks Canada is preparing to launch a new social media campaign to help with parking at its sites on Prince Edward Island after a record-breaking number of visitors last summer created some logistical headaches.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-parks-canada-parking-campaign-9.7230319?cmp=rss
Quite a timeline, though unfortunately culminating in 2026 with a very non-committal "it's not a no" in terms of #parkingreform https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/09/nyregion/nyc-parking-cars-history.html And yet we could get said #parking reform with ONE CALL to #DOT my #YouTube #video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfJWSN-XKys&t #mamdani #climate #cars #pollution #airquality #socialism
For Nearly 150 Years, Parking Has Driven New Yorkers to the Brink

From court cases to political scandal to murder, the city has long been racked with conflict over what to do with cars when they’re not being driven.

The New York Times
City to charge for parking at Valley Zoo, Muttart Conservatory, Fort Edmonton
A range of changes for the curbside and parking program, which includes the elimination of free parking at attractions, will see net revenue double from about $5.2 million in 2026 to $10.4 million annually from 2028 onward.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-attractions-paid-parking-9.7230392?cmp=rss
This Parking Spot Is Free. Should It Be?

There are about three million parking spaces in New York City, but drivers are always struggling to find one that’s open. Can the system be fixed?

The New York Times
“Makes absolutely no sense”: NYC is our largest city, a place where every square inch is valuable and contested. So why are 97% of street #parking spots in this city free? What could city gov’t do with the revenue it could get from parking charges? And how could it get started? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/09/nyregion/nyc-street-parking.html
This Parking Spot Is Free. Should It Be?

There are about three million parking spaces in New York City, but drivers are always struggling to find one that’s open. Can the system be fixed?

The New York Times