The battle over parking in Yaletown is over — for now

The City of Vancouver and business owners in Yaletown have reached a truce on a plan to eliminate parking spaces from the neighbourhood’s narrow streets.

In a statement issued Tuesday, the city said it will keep angled parking on Mainland and Hamilton Streets and remove parallel parking. The design, it said, will leave behind 117 parking spaces.

“We heard concerns from businesses and residents about the proposed designs we put forward in January 2018 and have been working with the Yaletown BIA and business community to