Pretty ridiculous, they should have their own parking on their property and not cluttering the streets with their cars. I personally have off-street parking but no car to fill it 😛
or they should be charged for access to a public resource. I don’t have a problem with on-street parking, provided that people pay for what they use – especially where demand > supply.
I don’t see the problem here. This type of housing was not designed to provide off street parking, and car ownership is still virtually a necessity of living in Auckland. The tightly packed inner city suburbs are often held up as an example of how density creates desirable liveable environments, which could not be built under today’s minimum parking regulations.
I support not having parking on arterials and busy streets where the space is needed for bus lanes and cycle ways, but on quiet residential streets like this, on-street parking can be the best use of the space.
Since neither on-street nor off-street is acceptable, perhaps we could attach large helium balloons to our cars when we get home, and suspend them in the air? That’ll solve it!
Hey Geoff, you do realize that a blog is an inanimate concept that is incapable of writing anything? Note, the old post is by Matt L quoting a Canadian named Brent, and the current post is a photo and comment by a third person called Patrick…
It would appear from the photo that many of the properties shown do have off street parking so the cars on the street must be a mix of tenants / 2nd (or 3rd) cars or local workers who are using the available free parking.
I’m all for on-street parking. The less vehicle crossings the better. Also, I love the speed-humps and chicanes. It would be even better if the speed limit was 30, although with the speed-humps and the narrow road, people probably don’t go much faster than that anyway. The one thing I’d like to see change is having the power lines underground, but this is probably an unnecessary expense for the sake of aesthetics.
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Pretty ridiculous, they should have their own parking on their property and not cluttering the streets with their cars. I personally have off-street parking but no car to fill it 😛
or they should be charged for access to a public resource. I don’t have a problem with on-street parking, provided that people pay for what they use – especially where demand > supply.
Auckland Transport, though, says that they are providing a public amenity in the form of suburban roads as indefinite car parks.
I don’t see the problem here. This type of housing was not designed to provide off street parking, and car ownership is still virtually a necessity of living in Auckland. The tightly packed inner city suburbs are often held up as an example of how density creates desirable liveable environments, which could not be built under today’s minimum parking regulations.
I support not having parking on arterials and busy streets where the space is needed for bus lanes and cycle ways, but on quiet residential streets like this, on-street parking can be the best use of the space.
Agreed…parking on streets like this would rank as one of the least important transport ‘issues’ in Auckland.
Also, cool photo!
Agreed, where spacee is available for parking there is no problem with it being provided. But it is the lowest priority for road use.
So on-street parking is bad now?
And here this blog wrote that off-street parking is bad….
http://greaterakl.wpengine.com/2014/01/08/how-off-street-parking-is-hurting-our-neighbourhoods/
Since neither on-street nor off-street is acceptable, perhaps we could attach large helium balloons to our cars when we get home, and suspend them in the air? That’ll solve it!
The correct response is to get rid of the cars as society can’t afford them.
Hey Geoff, you do realize that a blog is an inanimate concept that is incapable of writing anything? Note, the old post is by Matt L quoting a Canadian named Brent, and the current post is a photo and comment by a third person called Patrick…
I would argue that Geoff is, like the blog, an “inanimate object incapable of writing anything”.
good point Geoff
Helium balloons. Pfft. Rocket jetpacks are the obvious solution….
It would appear from the photo that many of the properties shown do have off street parking so the cars on the street must be a mix of tenants / 2nd (or 3rd) cars or local workers who are using the available free parking.
The first thing I saw after reading the headline was the power lines and then the cars.
Just a little provocation of a long weekend. No particular argument; an observation.
That cyclist is the only 1 who probably used the road because all the other cyclists have all gone away in their cars for the long weekend.
Exactly, using a mode appropriate to the trip. Inner city, congested, use a bike.
Long distance low density, use a car.
Shot on a weekday morning: Posted on the long weekend
Absolutely gorgeous picture…. You should do that for a living…
I’m all for on-street parking. The less vehicle crossings the better. Also, I love the speed-humps and chicanes. It would be even better if the speed limit was 30, although with the speed-humps and the narrow road, people probably don’t go much faster than that anyway. The one thing I’d like to see change is having the power lines underground, but this is probably an unnecessary expense for the sake of aesthetics.
You could have captioned it “The cyclist in this neighbourhood heads to work while car commuters enjoy their sleep.”
Where was this taken?