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[lanforod]

Really need SG Atlantis to deal with wraiths. CRD Parking enforcement is a step down.

[Victoria Watcher]

As the busiest semester for the school comes into full swing, a Camosun College instructor says the Interurban Campus is experiencing a "crisis" regarding the lack of parking, which he says causes stress and unnecessary financial burdens on both students and staff members.

"All the time you can see like at least 20 or so vehicles just driving around parking lots circling and trying to find parking," said Camosun instructor Justin Curran, who also shared photos of vehicles parked on the school's lawn and no-parking zones around the Saanich campus.


https://www.vicnews....saanich-7748439





Aren’t these students being taught about global warming from vehicle use?

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 09 January 2025 - 01:11 PM.

[Barrister]

All and students and most definitely all the staff should be required to either ride bicycles or use the bus. Parking should be reserved exclusively for visiting politicians.

[lanforod]

I find the parking rates interesting. 6.50 per day, 130 per month.
UVic is $9 per day but just $75 per month.
Camosun students do get a bus pass.

[Mike K.]

I got a parking ticket today.

My parking period expired at 1:03:59. I re-purchased by 1:05.

A ticket was on my windshield, timed at 1:05.

Another way Victoria makes visiting downtown a memorable experience. Are the parking ambassadors now camping at vehicles where the parking is about to expire, and ticketing immediately? An uncanny coincidence.

I’ve emailed the City. They say they’ll respond within 14 days.

[sebberry]

I'm gonna have to file this one under 'the bylaw is probably just outdated and not enforced'.

 

Perhaps the issue wasn't that they were waiting until you went one minute over, but that you are limited to no more than 90 minutes on that block. You can't just add more time. 

 

[Sparky]

^ It looks like the app took Mike's money.

 

That's somewhat of a contract...no?

 

We don't know what zone he was in.

[sebberry]

^ It looks like the app took Mike's money.

 

That's somewhat of a contract...no?

 

We don't know what zone he was in.

 

I don't think the app tracks by license plate, does it? It'll sell you more time for the space, but it's up to the driver to ensure it's not for the same car.

[Sparky]

Good point. The app does not care what car you are driving, but the bylaw does.

[Sparky]

^ On that note I have added time in the past. Probably against the rules. I wonder if the parking angel knows from his device if I reloaded. They don’t use chalk anymore.
Ismo will know.

[Benezet]

I got a parking ticket today.

My parking period expired at 1:03:59. I re-purchased by 1:05.

A ticket was on my windshield, timed at 1:05.

Another way Victoria makes visiting downtown a memorable experience. Are the parking ambassadors now camping at vehicles where the parking is about to expire, and ticketing immediately? An uncanny coincidence.

I’ve emailed the City. They say they’ll respond within 14 days.

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It’s a coincidence, and nothing more. The ambassadors do not camp out waiting for an expiration. And all they’d know is whether or not the space is paid for at the moment they check.

Next time, if you wish to violate the bylaw and extend past the 90-minute limit, just end your original parking session and start a new session without delay, and you probably won’t get ticketed. I’ve done this many times myself.

[Mike K.]

All I'm saying is the moment they would have had to check would have been a 60 second window, following a 5,400 second window, and just before a 2,820 second window.

 

That's a heck of a coincidence.

 

Ismo also told me that the ambassadors are instructed to give people a few moments of grace, so getting a ticket within seconds of your parking expiring is not in their general rule book. Maybe that has changed in recent times.

[Benezet]

All I'm saying is the moment they would have had to check would have been a 60 second window, following a 5,400 second window, and just before a 2,820 second window.

That's a heck of a coincidence.

Let us know how your appeal goes.

[Mike K.]

My parking was paid at the time of the ticket, written for expired time, so it will get cancelled and I'm not concerned about it. But I guess the pleasantries of the parking regime that we're used to must have been ordered done away with, because 60 seconds of unpaid time is a heck of a window of opportunity.

[lanforod]

Maybe you've become a known entity with CoV parking services for arguing with their boss?

[Mike K.]

I don't think the app tracks by license plate, does it? It'll sell you more time for the space, but it's up to the driver to ensure it's not for the same car.

 

How do you know I didn't change vehicles? And how does the ambassador know, if they don't chalk the tires?

 

I was ticketed for expired time, not over-use of a parking spot.

[Barrister]

I avoid going downtown as much as possible and tend to use restaurants and bookstores in Oak Bay, Sidney and Brentwood Bay or the Six Mile pub. The handicapped parking half the time is not even close to a meter 

 

But I guess there is more than enough people walking or biking that the city really does not need to worry about people who drive shopping downtown.

[Mike K.]

Maybe you've become a known entity with CoV parking services for arguing with their boss?

That should get me major leeway, no?

[Mike K.]

Still no response from the City, regarding my parking ticket.

It was a week yesterday.

[LJ]

If only we knew someone at the city who was involved with parking.