THIS STEALS COINS

THIS STEALS COINS, originally uploaded by gordasm.

This is a parking meter machine, where you put money or a credit card in and it gives you a ticket to park for a certain amount of time.

Night Tow

Night Tow, originally uploaded by ScreenPotato.

Cube truck being towed at night.

What? They want to tear this down and make a parking lot? Idiots.

Club Matador dancing, originally uploaded by Sue, Toronto.

They want to tear down this landmark night club for a parking lot for twenty cars. Twenty lousy smog producing cars. Hey, this is right on the streetcar line and close to the Dufferin bus. It's Toronto, not LA.

More on this situation on Metroblogging Toronto: Club Matador Parking Lot

Park Here

Park Here, originally uploaded by Melsky.

Parking lot sign on College Street between Spadina and Bathurst, Toronto.

Toronto's version of parking meters

Toronto does not have individual meters for each space. It has a machine for each block where you can buy a ticket with coins or a credit card. Then the machine prints you a receipt showing how much time you paid for that you put on your dashboard of your car and the meter attendants will come by and check it.



Here's the meter from a few feet away. The thing on the top is a solar collector. This is on College Street in Little Italy.



These are the new parking enforcement vehicles. Most of them are still regular sized cars.

Two of these will be issued to each parking control officer to use as roller skates.