A private company evacuates a car in central Kyiv on Feb. 3, 2020. Due to a lack of legal space, drivers park mostly for free, until they’re fined and their cars confiscated. The opaque evacuation and parking system fails to fill the city’s coffers, and the recent crackdown by towing cars has not solve the issue of space.
Newcomers visiting Kyiv can easily notice how drivers use the city as a one gigantic parking lot.
In the Ukrainian capital drivers park their cars everywhere, especially where they should not: on the sidewalk, in moving lanes, wherever they can stop. As a result, downtown Kyiv is filled with cars it can not accomodate.