Revised Free-Floating Car-Share Program

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2025-10-08 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on October 8 and 9, 2025, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the designation of free-floating car-share service areas outside permit parking areas, and delegate final decision to Community Council on the establishment of free-floating car-share service areas and authorize the necessary amendments to the Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 27, Council Procedures, to give effect. 2. City Council approve the amendments to City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, and City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 950, Traffic and Parking, to allow for an expanded free-floating car-share program outside of permit parking areas/streets, generally as outlined in Attachment 1 to the revised report (September 23, 2025) from the General Manager, Transportation Services.

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3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bills to give effect to City Council's decision and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, technical amendments, or by-law amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services in order to give effect to Parts 1 and 2 above.

The vote

Adopt Item · Carried, 22-1

Against (1)Stephen Holyday

Absent (3)Anthony Perruzza, Nick Mantas, Paul Ainslie

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City Council on June 26 and 27, 2024, referred Item IE13.4 to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee for further consideration with the Parking Strategy in the first quarter of 2025, and requested the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with other appropriate City Divisions, to report on the following: a. the impact of allowing an expanded free-floating car-share program outside of permit parking areas / streets in the development of the Parking Strategy; b.

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the impact of allowing an expanded free-floating car-share program outside of permit parking areas / streets on winter maintenance operations; c. the possibility to continue to enforce parking regulations when car-share vehicles are in use; d. the options for free-floating car-share vehicles dropping off and picking up off-street parking arrangements, rather than solely in public locations designated for permit parking under Municipal Code Chapter 925; and e. the development of a communications strategy on the expansion of the free-floating car-share program outside of permit parking area / streets.

Considered

2025-09-26 · Infrastructure and Environment Committee · amended
Decision as filed
The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the designation of free-floating car-share service areas outside permit parking areas, and delegate final decision to Community Council on the establishment of free-floating car-share service areas and authorize the necessary amendments to Chapter 27, Council Procedures to give effect. 2. City Council approve the amendments to City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925 Permit Parking, and City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 950, Traffic and Parking, to allow for an expanded free-floating car-share program outside of permit parking areas / streets, generally as outlined in Attachment 1 to the revised report (September 23, 2025) from the General Manager, Transportation Services.
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3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bills to give effect to City Council's decision and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, technical amendments, or by-law amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services in order to give effect to Recommendations 1 and 2 above.
2025-10-08 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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