Parking! In the wknd Toronto Star I write about what to do with our underused parking lots & garages. New data shows lots profound emptiness. There’s more efficient & useful possibilities. City is already building some housing, but NIMBYs are protesting just as the sun rises. Ignore em & go harder.

The subject of parking still seems to drive a lot of what happens in Toronto politics, but the underused lots around the city could be put to better use.

Shawn Micallef: Let’s fix it: Toronto has more underused parking lots than you’d think. Here’s how to use them better

The subject of parking still seems to drive a lot of what happens in Toronto politics, but the underused lots around the city could be put to better use.

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they could place canopies of solar cells above parking lots so whether they are used for cars or not they still produce electricity. this would also make it so in winter people might not need to brush off their cars as much for some added convenience.

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  1. Yes! I had the same thought this summer when I burned my hands touching the steering wheel leaving a parking lot. Then I learned the City of Toronto has been sitting on a proposal to install solar panel canopies in parking lots for at least a year. This city is so backwards it’s infuriating.

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