PARKING DIFFICULTIES

Evening Star, Issue 19325, 11 August 1926, Page 10

PARKING DIFFICULTIES

CRAWFORD STREET AREA

Of the many parking areas in Dunedin the most discussed and the most used is the one in the centre oi Crawlord street. The nccesity for the area to be clearly defined by markings or a concrete table, so that parked cars would not bo abutting into the streets, and thus causing a blockage of the view and a danger to passing vehicles, was ur iT ed at last night’s meeting ot the Otatro Motor Club, when a member said°the question was being debated by motorists. , , , ~ Mr Halliday said ho had been the lirst to suggest that the cars in Crawford street should be parked in the centre of the road, as ho believed that plan would bo the better. “So it is,” interjected a member. Lf a concrete strip had been made in the centre the parking would be all right, continued Mr Halliday. But there was no distinctive mark as to the proper area, and the cars were being parked higgledy-piggledy, some abutting into the street. Further, vans loading at warehouses blocked the view. The Fire Brigade, he knew, was (Dpposed to cars being parked at the side of the road near His Majesty’s Theatre, and if the system of parking were changed that area would have to be excluded. , . Mr H. S. Reid: When cars park in the middle of the road it is all right, but the trouble was that cars were driven in and left jutting out from the centre, and other motorists took their directions from the cars already on the place. , A member asked Mr Halliday if his proposal was to enforce parking on the side of the road. 11 My idea is to have a properly defined area,” he replied. Anotlujr member said the area was defined only by paint marks at the end of the place; if the mark were extended the whole length motorists would be given more guidance on the correct parking area. “ One really depends on the first man’s judgment and accuracy in parking in the centre of the road,” remarked Mr J, Jackson Purdie. The club members agreed that an effort should be made to have markings made to clearly define the centre of the raid.