PARKING IN CITY

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 82, 3 October 1936, Page 8

PARKING IN CITY

(To the Editor.)

Sir,—lf the amount of traffic on the city, streets increases as rapidly during the next 5"1 few/, years..'as,.'it has done during the last decade-the problem of parking is/ g9ing to become .almost unsurmountable unless definite steps are taken immediately to provide spaces for the parking'of cars. The congested state of the city streets today, lined on either side with vehicles, is responsible not only for delays in the traffic, -but also for-a. large number of accidents, many of them fatal, which come as '-a result of people stepping out into the stream of moving traffic from behind parked, vehicles. I have been greatly impressed with the system in operation in Sydney, where special areas are set aside for the parking of cars, and a small charge is levied for the use of the stand for a whole day. If similar areas were set aside in various parts of the city an"d placed under the control of uniformed men who issued checks to motorists using the stand not only would our streets, be freed of a great deal of unnecessary congestion, but also the, cars would be to a large extent protected from theft. The charge levied could entitle the patronio a,whole day's parking, and if during the day he desired to take out his car and return it at a later time, a pass-out check could be issued. Such stands as these would return a large amount of revenue and also cut down our accident figures by a substantial margin. If suitable areas are to be set aside they must be secured at once, before the few remaining sites are occupied.—l am, etc.,

LUKE RUSSELL.