World Cup traffic will be 10 per cent worse than regular traffic
The city will announce the extent of World Cup parking restrictions later this month
Among the considerations Torontonians must ponder ahead of the World Cup—notably, should we leave town? And if we stay, should we sit in those new temporary bleachers at BMO Field?—is how the influx of soccer fans will impact parking in the city.
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According to a Global News story, there will be parking restrictions on downtown streets, particularly in the Liberty Village and Fort York areas near the field, but exact restrictions are to be determined.
“We will be limiting street parking and we will be looking at coming forward with a plan through the FIFA sub-committee on March 30 that will provide details on exact restrictions on street parking,” director of enforcement and street management Mike Barnet said at a recent committee meeting.
Toronto will host the first of six World Cup matches taking place in the city on June 12.
Per Global News, city staff previously estimated that downtown traffic will get at least 10 per cent worse during the World Cup.
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Carly Lewis is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times and the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Wired, Interview Magazine, Pitchfork, Elle, and Maclean’s, where she is a contributing editor. Her work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and the Digital Publishing Awards. She reports on city life, culture—including what people do online—politics, art and crime. She received the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for “The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth,” an investigative feature about a Canadian teenager who was killed by a man she met on social media, published by Maclean’s.
