Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C

[dtkvictim]

They literally told me on the phone that not charging my visitors for parking for December was their special gift to us lol

Why can't your visitors take the ION which stops a short distance down the street?

I think the answer (generally speaking, not necessarily for Votemac's specific situation) is that they can, but they won't. If they are already taking a car, transferring to the ION adds much more friction than finding a way to stick with the car for the entire trip. Parking on nearby streets and walking (even 5-10 minutes away) is probably still quicker than a parking garage + ION transfer, and it's cheaper. And it looks like Station Park has visitor parking, just not free, so your suggestion to use a city parking garage and transfer to the ION is both more expensive and more time consuming than just paying for parking at the condo.

For people coming from out of town, there is even more friction, since we don't use Presto and our fare machines are still garbage. And don't recommend the Duke St garage as a transfer point, since many people don't carry cash anymore and the City Hall station fare machine still errors on debit/credit payments (I've told GRT staff/fare inspectors multiple times after failing to pay, since I forgot to top up my card at another station that works).

Honestly if I didn't have my own unused parking space, I don't think anyone other than a few people in walking distance would ever visit my home. You might not like that reality, but it is what it is.