Toronto launches 2-week 'enforcement blitz' for no stopping zones during rush hour

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The City of Toronto and Toronto constabulary are opening a two-week “enforcement blitz” connected Monday, targeting drivers who halt successful nary stopping zones during unreserved hr connected large roads.

Drivers could person $190 ticket, conveyance whitethorn beryllium towed for violating bylaws

Rochelle Raveendran · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 16, 2025 10:16 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

An aerial presumption of backed up postulation successful downtown Toronto.

The City of Toronto and Toronto constabulary are opening a two-week "enforcement blitz" connected Monday, targeting drivers who halt successful nary stopping zones during unreserved hr connected large roads.

Police parking enforcement officers "will beryllium strategically deployed on high-traffic corridors successful the downtown core" to enforce nary stopping bylaws, according to a metropolis quality merchandise Monday.

Enforcement volition summation connected weekdays from 3 p.m to 7 p.m., the metropolis said.

Drivers could person a $190 summons and their conveyance whitethorn beryllium towed if they halt oregon basal successful these zones, the quality merchandise said.

CBC Toronto has reached retired to the metropolis to inquire which roads volition beryllium affected.

No stopping zones are areas connected a thoroughfare wherever motorists are banned from stopping but to debar struggle with different postulation oregon to comply with a constabulary serviceman oregon postulation signals, the metropolis said.

These zones see cardinal downtown corridors, areas adjacent autobus and streetcar stops, pedestrian crosswalks and occurrence hydrants. A afloat database of nary stopping zones is disposable connected the city's website.

In April, metropolis assembly directed metropolis unit and Toronto constabulary to transportation retired 2 "no stopping enforcement blitzes" this twelvemonth — 1 by the extremity of June and different by the extremity of September, according to the quality release.

"The enforcement blitz is aimed astatine reminding drivers astir the value of obeying postulation signage to assistance support postulation flowing, particularly during the busiest times of day, and supports the city's broad congestion absorption plan," the merchandise said.

The metropolis said it volition reappraisal the results of the blitz aft it ends connected June 27 "to measure its interaction and find adjacent steps."