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Kerbside parking is great for drivers – but terrible for everyone else. Could we get rid of it? (theconversation.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/australia@aussie.zone
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Australia actually has an oversupply of parking, both on streets and in parking lots. Across five of the state capitals, most postcodes have more on-street spaces than there are registered cars.

That’s great for drivers, given most on-street parking outside the inner city is free and has no time limit. Many spaces are used by locals with a driveway or garage who find it more convenient to park on the street.

The problem is, abundant street parking comes at a cost. Streets jammed with parked cars look bad – and remove space for bikes, e-bikes and scooters.

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[–] 12 points 5 months ago (8 children)

The way I see it, the problem is also that we keep expanding our cities ever outward, and without public transport to cover these areas, so that people are forced to drive.

Until we deal with that, people will be very unwilling to get out of their cars.

I live car free because I choose to, even if I have higher housing costs, but not everyone can make that choice.

Though places you can feasibly get by public transport should not have free parking (other than for delivery and disabled spots), in my opinion.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    There has also been a trend in suburban areas toward people not using their garages to actually store their cars, and just using the street. I think there should be at least some amount of price imposed on street parking, even if it's minimal.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    I think there just needs to be a sensible time limit. Like, 3 days or something.

    There's cars on my street that are anchored to the road with cobwebs and they actually block the street.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Report as abandoned to your local council. They will look into it

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    And if the rego is active they won't do shit

    Source: car abandoned outside my previous house for a full fucking year

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    My local council will come back multiple times and if the car hasnt moved slap an abandoned car sticker on it and then 24 hours later tow it. Though we definitely know each local council has its strengths and cough weaknesses.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Yeah this one’s a problem; turning garages into extra living or storage space and cars being parked on footpaths. The roads around new estates are minimised as much as they can to maximise lot yield so there just isn’t room for huge arse tradie utes everywhere on the footpaths. Doesn’t stop them though. They’ll even leave the driveway clear so kids can play on it and park on the footpath.

    It smashes up services and kerb as well. You really don’t want to see what happens when a green boy gets hit by a car.

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    [–] 27 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    You don't buy a cow and then go to the city and say you don't have anywhere to store your cow. There's no reason we should be allocating public roadways for the storage of personal vehicles.

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