Any planners around?

[Scouse]

Any planners around?

Yep I'm planning to tell you to go fook yerself

[Scouse]

i have to write a bit of words about it, any other points to make?

Get given lines then did you

[The Pastor]

Don't forget the aspect of revenue!

Although they won't admit it, restricting the available parking for short-term use creates a lucrative opportunity for Councils to raise revenue through the use of parking fines.

Many councils actually earn more from fines then they do from legitimate parking fees. Here is an example from where I live (Melbourne).

http://blogs.drive.com.au/2007/08/pa..._business.html

actually you are quite right, but in terms of parking fees, not fines, you can charge $10 a day for long term, but more for short term

[ckai]

im not a planner tho, this is TOTALLY unfair!

If you're not a planner and not planning on being a planner why are you planning on doing the planner(ing) home work?

In other words, what's it for?

[BuFfY]

Weather is one thing that can determine whether you actually go to the mall or not. If you have parking close that has a high turn over (say a 30 min zone which is really close) people are forced to run in, see what is there and impulse buy. Because they don't have the time to run around all the shops and compare.

[The Pastor]

If you're not a planner and not planning on being a planner why are you planning on doing the planner(ing) home work?

In other words, what's it for?

civil engineering bro i just wanna build the carpark, not think about what type of carpark it is!

[Virago]

The issue of shop staff using the available parking is the primary reason.

We had a classic case in point in Dunedin a few years back. Typical small suburban shopping area, with perhaps a dozen shops, medical centre, etc. No off-street parking areas, and the street had no-limit (all day) free parking.

The shop owners complained about the lack of parking and falling patronage, and wanted the council to provide a parking area on an adjacent reserve. However, when the council looked into the cause of the parking congestion, it was found that the shop staff themselves were taking up all available parking - often right outside their own shops.

Solution - council put P5, P30, and P60 parking signs up, and patrolled them ruthlessly for a while. Shop workers were forced to park in adjacent streets, away from the shopping area. Lo and behold, the shops filled with customers again. Go figure...

[JATZ]

Awright bruvvers, you heard that. Discrimination against the working class EVERYBODY OUT. This site is black. Once the truculent and greedy managers are forced to sit down at a table and listen to our fair and reasonable grievances we will point out to them that if there are no workers their customers won't be coming anyway, and even if they did they won't cross our picket line. Which will not be withdrawn until every worker is provided to a car park of his or her own choice, AND a daily allowance for the inconvenience of having to park his or her car in it , or, alternatively, cos we are very reasonable people, valet parking provided for workers. And workers to be paid time and a half while they are parking, or watching the valet parking, on arrival AND departure. And all workers to be paid double time for the time they have been on strike, plus a one off payment to recognise the humiliation and injured feelings at being treated as second class citizens.

Hope to see YOUR name on the voting paper on Sat.
You'd get my tick