Parking: What's Available

The City of Kingston manages approximately 3,700 parking spaces including 2,300 at more than 20 municipal parking lots located in the downtown area.  YOUR PARKING OPTIONS ...

GET MOVING: ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION

Find out how the City is promoting Active Transportation.  MORE ...

PARK & RIDE
WITH TRANSIT

Parking your car in a Park & Ride lot and taking Kingston Transit the rest of the way to your destination helps: save money, alleviate downtown traffic congestion and cut down on air-polluting gas emissions.  MORE ...

YOU CAN 'GO LONG'
AT PARKING LOTS

Attended parking garages offer longer-term parking at your convenience for $1 an hour. In addition, monthly parking permits are available at 12 municipal garages and lots for $40 to $85 (plus tax) a month.  MORE ...

KNOW THE SIGNS:
ACCESSIBLE PARKING

Parking spaces for persons with disabilities are located throughout the City. Accessible parking spaces are identifiable by the use of the "wheelchair" logo painted on the asphalt, posted signs and/or blue covered meter hoods.  MORE ...

Repairs At Downtown Garages
To Begin With Robert Bruce Lot

May 14/10 > The City will begin to rehabilitate the Robert Bruce Memorial Parking lot next week. The Bruce lot, the first of three downtown parking garages scheduled for repair this season, will be closed during construction to repair and upgrade both its levels. Parking at the Chown and Hanson Parking Garages will also be affected over the course of the 2010 construction season.  MORE ...

2009 Toys For Tickets Record Number Of Toys

Dec 16/09 > This year's Toys for Tickets program has collected more toys than ever — 380 of them representing $5,090 in parking fines. Kingston motorists took advantage of this year's two-day extension to pay for their parking tickets with toys. The toys, now under the tree at City Hall's Payment Centre, will be delivered to the CHUM toy drive.  MORE ...

$1 Transit, Cheaper Parking At K-Rock Centre

Sep 01/09 > As of today, those heading to the K-Rock Centre can enjoy more post-event $1 buses and cheaper, closer parking. By Council mandate, the event parking rates will drop on Sept. 1 and a number of other minor changes to the K Rock Centre Transportation Plan will also take effect to make getting to and from the Centre more convenient than ever.  MORE ...

On-Street Permit Parking In Sydenham District

City Council has approved a pilot project for residential on-street permit parking in Sydenham District in the area bounded by King, West, Clergy and William Streets. The pilot program has been extended to August 31, 2010.  MORE ...

Parking, Traffic, Transit Strategies Reviewed

The City of Kingston, in conjunction with Queens University, KGH, Hotel Dieu, and the Downtown BIA, have conducted a comprehensive review of traffic, parking and transit conditions in the area south of Concession Street and east of Sir John A. Macdonald Boulevard., resulting in a short- and long-term plan of action that deals with these needs over the next 15 years. Growing parking needs in the Queen's University/Kingston General Hospital area, at Hotel Dieu and in the Downtown resulting from growth and development that remove existing parking supply need to be addressed.  MORE ...