Red curbs to denote no-parking areas in Toronto
Posted July 23, 2013 3:08 pm.
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The next time you are driving around the downtown area, Scarborough or North York civic centres, you may notice the curbs are painted red.
The City of Toronto has launched a pilot project to make no-parking zones more obvious to drivers.
Instead of having to decipher no parking, no stopping, no standing signs, some Toronto curbs are going to be painted red.
There’s a fire hydrant well back from the curb here on University north of Queen and drivers regularly don’t see it, so they park and get a ticket.
Mayor Rob Ford said painting curbs red will help people avoid confusion and costly fines.
“There are so many people that have called my office saying ‘Rob, I got a huge ticket, the signs are confusing.'”
The warning will be clear to drivers that they need to keep moving.
You see red? You don’t park.
Most drivers at Queen and University give the red curbs a green light.
“It’s loud and clear, I think it’s a great idea,” said one driver.
“It’ll help minimize tickets for drivers,” another driver said.
There will be nine locations near hydrants, transit stops and crosswalks painted red.
City staff will study them to see if they improve traffic flow and reduce tickets.
