{"id":2221,"date":"2025-08-13T14:41:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/?p=2221"},"modified":"2025-08-13T14:41:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:41:53","slug":"parking-services-to-enhance-convenience-and-improve-access-to-key-campus-venues-starting-september-1st-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/2025\/08\/13\/parking-services-to-enhance-convenience-and-improve-access-to-key-campus-venues-starting-september-1st-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Parking Services to enhance convenience and improve access to key campus venues starting September 1st, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are pleased to share some important changes to our parking inventory aimed at enhancing convenience and improving access to key campus venues, that will take effect on <strong>September 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2025.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Founders Road West Lot<\/strong> will be <strong>converted into a daily pay lot<\/strong>. This change will support the increasing demand for short-term parking options close to campus amenities and event venues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Founders Road East Lot<\/strong> will be <strong>rebalanced to accommodate permit holders<\/strong>, with:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>Middle and South sections<\/strong> designated exclusively for <strong>permit parking<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>North section<\/strong> remaining a <strong>daily pay area<\/strong>, offering additional <strong>daily pay spaces<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ian MacDonald Blvd<\/strong> \u2013 twelve additional pay parking spaces will be created in the north and south laybys along Ian MacDonald Boulevard, located in front of the Toronto Track Centre and the West Office Building.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This realignment of parking designations is part of our ongoing commitment to right-size our parking resources in a way that better serves the needs of both permit holders and daily visitors. By relocating daily pay parking closer to high-traffic venues and ensuring ample permit space within Founders Road East Lot, we are improving both accessibility and efficiency. We appreciate your support and understanding as we implement these enhancements and remain committed to providing a positive and well-organized parking experience for all users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should you have any questions regarding these changes, please contact parking services at 416-736-5335.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/08\/Founders-Lot-with-entrance-arrows-1024x486.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/08\/Founders-Lot-with-entrance-arrows-1024x486.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/08\/Founders-Lot-with-entrance-arrows-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/08\/Founders-Lot-with-entrance-arrows.png 1416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"677\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/08\/Pay-parking-Ian-MacDonald-Blvd.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2225\" style=\"width:525px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/08\/Pay-parking-Ian-MacDonald-Blvd.png 677w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/08\/Pay-parking-Ian-MacDonald-Blvd-300x144.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to share some important changes to our parking inventory aimed at enhancing convenience and improving access to key campus venues, that will take effect on September 1st, 2025.&nbsp; This realignment of parking designations is part of our ongoing commitment to right-size our parking resources in a way that better serves the needs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":4,"label":"Announcement"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"ninabui","author_link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/author\/ninabui\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":4,"name":"Announcement","slug":"announcement","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":4,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":19,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":4,"category_count":19,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Announcement","category_nicename":"announcement","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2221"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2226,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221\/revisions\/2226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/parking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}