In 2014, the City of Vancouver realigned York Ave, Cypress St and Cornwall Ave to allow for bike lanes and to slow down the flow around the Cornwall/Burrard intersection. This changed York Ave to one-way and changed the parking.
Please review these traffic and parking notes to make sure your child’s trip to school is a safe one.
New Information:
Vancouver City Council has passed changes to the fees around stopping violations which will double the fines for violations which occur in the vicinity of schools, 8am-5pm on school days.
This was passed December 3, 2019 and came into effect January 1, 2020.
The Council report notes that “to support the City’s Moving Towards Zero goals, (City) staff have identified a number of safety related parking offences, in particular those that impact vulnerable road users, where fine amounts should be increased to further discourage unsafe parking behaviour.”
Drop Off/Pick Up Regulations
- The City of Vancouver (COV) has started monitoring around the school for parking infractions, issuing tickets which are $60. Do not park around the school where signage prohibits parking
- PARKING IS PROHIBITED ON YORK AVE between 8am to 5pm. There is a 5 minute grace period IF your child is simply being let out, or is standing waiting to be picked up. If the driver exits the vehicle the COV can issue a ticket
- If there is a dispute, neither the school nor the PAC can help. Please contact the COV by calling 311
- DO NOT at any time use the Teacher/Staff parking lot for drop off or pick up. The space is narrow and someone will get hurt.
Other Options
- All COV metered parking spots are FREE before 9am. Plan to come a few minutes earlier and use one of the free, metered spots in the neighborhood and walk a block to school. This map shows where there is metered parking, it’s a two minute walk from any of these spots to the school. The bell goes at 8:55am, which gives you enough time to get back to your vehicle before the meter starts running
- The playground is supervised from 8:40am to 9:00am and 3:00pm to 3:20pm allowing for staggered drop off and pick up
- Hudson is conveniently located on the #2 bus line that run along Cornwall, and also close to numerous lines running along 4th Avenue
- We have a great new bike lane right at Hudson’s front door on York Avenue! It’s wonderful to see more and more Hudson families come to school on their bikes!
A few remarks from COV Traffic Police Officers
- COV will respond to complaints regarding vehicles parked on York Ave
- If you have a concern or continually witness vehicles violating School Zone parking regulations, call 311. A traffic police officer will attend the location within the next day or two and carefully monitor the situation and hand out tickets accordingly
- COV Traffic Police are especially concerned about traffic safety in School Zones. They are 100% inflexible regarding double parking, unsafe parking and unsafe driving in School Zones and will ticket violators accordingly.
School Closures
Information regarding school closures in the event of snow, or other emergency situations, will be provided to the radio and television stations by 6:00 a.m. on the morning of the closure. Please check the VSB website at www.vsb.bc.ca, on social media channels (Twitter and Facebook) and/or the following local media stations, including:
- CKNW (980 AM)
- CBC (690 AM, 105.7 FM)
- CJVB (1470 AM)
- CFHG (96.1FM)
- CKWX (1130 AM)
- CITY TV (Cable channel 13).
School closure information is also available online at www.vsb.bc.ca. Please do not call media outlets to determine whether schools are closed.