PARKING PROBLEM

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 33, 9 February 1927, Page 8

PARKING PROBLEM

The car-parking problem in Wellington is one of exceptional difficulty. In the centre of the city there are few streets so wide that they can carry a line of cars without unduly restricting the space for moving vehicles. The time is quickly coming, if it has not come already, when the demand for accommodation in such places will be greater than the supply. In such cir . cumstanees the traffic authorities may either adopt the rule of first come, first served, or they may distinguish between cars which are used in business and those which are employed only as a means of getting to. ana from the city. It may be a hardship to the man who drives his car in from a distant suburb if he can find no place to leave it within ten minutes' walk of Ms place of business. But.is this such a hardship after all? Has any citizen the right to valuable space in central city streets so that he may leave his car idle all day! Should he not be called upon to pay for garaging during the day if he wants the maximum convenience? It is different with the driver who is using a car constantly during business hours; but the needs of the latter may be met by allowing a reasonable time for parking upon city stands. # The time-rule is already applied in the busiest shopping streets. Its application may have to be extended and a stricter observance of the rule insisted upon.