Local parking in big cities has become a dance, one some cannot master. While many have abandoned their cars in favour of share riding, taxis, and short-term car rental, those in apartments and houses without a parking spot feel the agony of finding a place to leave their cars overnight.
Revitalised areas of inner Sydney are notoriously short of places to stop, even if only to let a bewildered passenger out. Apartment complexes such as the one I live in, have large underground parking areas patrolled by security, and monitored by CCTV. Visitors’ spots are usually taken by residents needing an extra spot, or who don’t have one at all.
That’s a problem for another story, this story is about public parking for a small shopping precinct on the ground floor.
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ABOVE: Small Car Parks Essential for Local Business (orange pin shows ranger not parked in a designated spot)
NOTE: Silver WRX belonging to a car dealer employee is one of many cars parked all day, every work day, in a 2 hour limit zone
In this case, the car park is owned by the body corporate, but is open for customers using the shops and eateries. Until recently, there was no time limit, and workers from the car dealership next door would use it during working hours.
It has led to newly enforced ours, patrolled by City of Sydney Rangers, and a private parking company. A ticket machine is to be installed and a strict 1-hour limit enforced. There is a single small 1 HOUR PARKING sign as you enter, which would be easy to miss. Extra signs could also add PARK IN DESIGNATED BAYS ONLY.
Oddly, our picture shows one of the private enforcers parked outside a designated space. In fact none of the bottom 3 cars is parked in designated spaces. It is an area to allow cars to turn around rather than having to reverse back onto the street.
The enforcer has been in the car park since 6.30am, and it is now 12.30pm, and is not parked in a designated spot.
We’ll be following the situation, since 75% of City of Sydney residents live in apartments, the story should feel familiar to them, and to people across the world trying to navigate the ballet that is, inner city parking.
To Come: hours and rates, numbers of cars booked, whether or not the new restrictions have been successful if giving shops more custom.
Improvements: better signage, better parking space markings