What's New

City Adds Online Payment Options
Including Interac, American Express

Jan 09/12 > The City's online payment system has added the option for residents to use their Interac or American Express cards to pay for pet licences, parking permits, parking tickets and provincial offences/fines. MORE ...

Toys For Tickets Collects 474 Toys

Dec 13/11 > This year's Toys for Tickets program has collected 474 toys representing $3235.00 in parking fines. The toys, now under the tree at City Hall's Payment Centre, will be delivered to the 98.3 Fly FM and 98.9 The Drive toy drive to be distributed to children over the holidays. MORE ...

Winter Parking Rules Come Into Effect Dec. 1

Nov 21/11 > Starting Dec. 1, parking is prohibited on all City streets from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. The overnight winter parking bylaw ensures that cars are kept off the streets so that snow plows can effectively respond to winter weather events. MORE ...

Parking Management Practices Shared

Aug 30/11 > The public was invited to attend a presentation on innovative solutions to parking problems on Sept. 7. Participants had an opportunity to discuss parking concerns and offer input into the development of a parking strategy for Kingston. 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 was extended to June 30, 2011.  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 ...

Briefly

The City of Kingston is a member of the Canadian Parking Association, a national organization aimed at enhancing its members' ability to serve the public and support the vitality of their community.
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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 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.  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 ...