CAR PARKING AND SHOPPING

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 28, 3 February 1938, Page 8

CAR PARKING AND SHOPPING

(To the Editor.)

Sir,—A few months ago the city authorities prohibited parking of cars in Te Aro flat area, including Ghuznee Street. My business is in Ghuznee Street, and the use of a car is essential for my business, as I use it for delivering commodities to different portions of the city and suburban area. I usually call in at .the office to pick up these commodities about an average of three times every day. But in practically every instance I have to park my car about 100 yards from my place oi business because other cars are parked near my door.; My clerk: tells me these cars are left unattended for hours at a time. What is the matter with the traffic officers? . ' ' This is not an isolated case, because some of my business friends in Courtenayl Place tell me that customers still complain they cannot park handy enough to patronise their shop' as much as they would if more parking space was available for genuine shoppers. Why should these shops be deprived of legitimate business because other people flout the bylaws and park their cars in one place for hours at a time? They are not genuine shoppers. It is a pity that the Ratepayers' Association does not help the City Council by, supporting the council's efforts to prohibit this."many hours" or "all-day" parking and thus leave ample parking facilities • for! the genuine shopper, and more business for the shop owner and ratepayer. I am a ratepayer and support the City Council in its efforts toclear the streets of the ..cars''that.'are parked all day in one place "for nothing- . . '■: '.. Why not extent prohibition of "allday parking" to every part of the city area and make the all-day park owner pay for his parking instead of stopping the genuine. shopper from shopping where he wants to. Surely I • should be allowed to park my car nearer to my place of business for about 15 minutes two or three times per day. Now it takes me more than double this time to load, because I have to carry my commodities up to 100 yards instead of across the footpath.—l am, etc., RATEPAYER.