THE PARKING PROBLEM

Hokitika Guardian, 6 February 1926, Page 3

THE PARKING PROBLEM

SYDNEY. Jan. 23. There were two owners ol motor vehicle:- in New South Wales Uentylive years ago; to-day there are upwards of 80.009. It can readily be appreciated, therefore, that the traffic question in this city presents a pio--1,1 .*m of some magnitude. The problem is made the* more difficult ol solution by at least one great natural disadvantage under which Sydney la hours - the narrowness of the main traffic arteries. Daily the position is becoming more acute, and it is obvious that unless some drastic remedy is soon forthcoming the confusion of to-day will bet onto the chaos of to-morrow. There are man complaints of lax administration of the law with regard to parked vehicles in the public- .streets. It is a fact that stationary vehicles arc an unlawful obstruction, hut the traffic authorities are laced with the pi city predicament that they can hardly he ordered off the streets until some resting place is found for them. The harassed driver tv no vainly searches for authorised parking space, and the equally harassed traffic constable, may, however, find a measure of consolation in the recent announcement that a huge* garage, designed to accommodate 1000 cars, is to he constructed at Circular Quay. Later, it is boldly predicted, one might expect eight or ten floored buildings, erected solely for waiting cars. Tu the Tinted States the multi-floored garages have proved their worth a.s a means of relieving congestion. But to construct a chain of such buildings, will, with things as the arc. take a long time to accomplish. and furthermore, there is the question of who is to undertake the work. There appears to he sound common .viisi* in the suggestion that the Government should try an open alliance with all parties concerned, and set about appointing a representative Board of traffic exports, such as can he found in other countries. As one authority puts it. ‘‘a truce must ho called to talking, and action substituted.”