Car Parking And Bus Stands

Wanganui Chronicle, 23 December 1950, Page 4

Car Parking And Bus Stands

Sir, —I see by the letters appearing in your paper that jthere is some agitation to get our new bus service out of Ridgway Street, and perhaps, if some persons have their way, out of the main street. Why is it in Wanganui that some people will oppose what is of benefit to the majority, just because of a little inconvenience personally? I .-wish to point out that a shopper who owns a car and cannot find room to park in the Avenue (sometimes because of incapable driving) can leave the car in the numerous car-parking areas provided adjacent t? the r*;in streets, and can larry provisions, etc., to the car. Two or three such trips is an easy matter and, in fact, a woman with children can do the shopping very easily this way, and the youngsters can rest in the car. Now, what about the womenfolk with no car. They have to carry all their purchases around the town, and while so doing there is nowhere for the children to rest. As compared with the motorist, these people have to make three or four trips to town, especially at Christmas or other holiday periods. This is the mother we should consider when we consider parking problems, and why should the bus be sidetracked to the detriment of these people because a motorist cannot park just where he wants. I am a motorist with a family, and while I do enjoy the advantage of shopping with the car, I am not unmindful to the needs of the mothers who do not possess such and therefore use our bus service.—l am, etc., FAMILY MOTORIST.

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