Whenever I have dinner at a restaurant, I feel happy to see a large hanging sign in front of the restaurant saying “free parking in rear”. It means I can save a couple dollars for parking and enjoy the dinner. I believe most of people have the same experience of finding a free parking space. However, parking is never free, even it labeled with free parking. We have already paid something but we just do not realize it.
In 2013, Paul Kennedy argued in his presentation program CBC radio Ideas that “parking causes huge economic, environmental, and even social problems” (“Paying for Parking”). In 2009, a research shown there were 607 motor vehicles owned per 1000 people (“The World Bank”). Vehicle is one of the major transportation tools that widely used in Canada. We can see parking lots everywhere including schools, shopping malls, hospitals and airports in North American. Huge amount vehicles require more and more lands are designed for parking in cities. It shapes our cities, house costs, causes the air pollutions and wastes our time (“Paying for Parking”). The current urban planning and parking regulations are the necessary and remote factors that eventually causes economic and environmental problems.We should change the parking policy to prevent the environmental problem happens.
If we look at the big picture of parking technology, the concept of “cultural determinism” can be applied (Slack & Wise 45). The first world parking metre was invented in Oklahoma City because of the oil field workers took the parking spaces in front of the stores where shoppers usually parked. Such an invention caused a great effect that customers could easily find a parking spot. More and more parking metres were required to install in front of...
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“Paying for Parking.” Narr. Paul Kennedy. Ideas with Paul Kennedy. CBC. Vancouver BC,
28 Jan, 2013. Radio.
Quan-Haase, Annabel, Technology and Society: Social Networks, Power, and Inequality.
Don Mill, Oxford UP, 2012. (SCOT theories, Panopticon as a means of surveillance )
Slack, Jennifer Daryl, and J. Macgregor Wise. Culture and Technology: A Primer. New
York: Peter Lang, 2005. Print. (identity matters, technologies are unequally delegated, prescription)
“The World Bank” Motor vehicles (per 1,000 people). The World Bank
Web. 19 Mar 2014. .
Winner, Langdon. “Artifacts/Ideas and Political Culture.” Society, Ethics and
Technology. 3rd ed. Ed. Morton E. Winston and Ralph D. Edelbach. Belmont:
Thomson, 2006. 91-97. Print. (artifacts are hidden.)
The infrastructure in West Main Street is not dissimilar to City Road in regards to the street bollards which have been introduced to stop vehicles parking on the pavements. Pedestrian islands are another similarly regular sight throughout the street. (‘The Street’, 2009, Scene 1) Both these material things are there to ensure the safety and ease of pedestrians while drivers may find these a nuisance as they are restricted to the small amount of parking bays along the street instead of parking on the pavement for convenience, consequently resulting in an inequality amid the public. There is a steady flow of traffic through the street of which most are cars but there are a lot of busses as well. The busses seem to be in favour of...
The parking control office is currently operating with thirteen full time employees and approximately ten part-time student assistants. Of these twenty-three people, only two are able to work the counter where tickets are paid and appeals are made. With the increasing number of students and visitors on campus, more traffic is coming through the parking control office. There is often a long wait in line, which eventually leads to hostile attitudes from the customers. These problems only slow the process down even futher. This increasingly slow process is beginning to cause time related problems on part of the students, visitors and the staff of the parking control office.
Parking on Campus is a Pain New students entering Concordia College are not permitted to have a car on campus. With each new freshman class entering every year, parking represents an issue. Concordia is as of now constrained in its parking on campus and since first year students are not permitted to have cars, the students are confronted with the problem of having no place to park or parking very a long way from their goal. There are parking issues everywhere throughout the campus, making backups in residence hall and other lots, bringing about students parking illegally to avoid from walking far distances, which can be very aggravating in the bitter cold. Parking nearer appears like the reasonable thing to do, however it is a hazard, which
Caroline Shea, ‘Parking Rights: ‘Here To Stay? Consent May Be The Surprising Answer’ (03/12/2013), In-House Lawyer, (http://www.inhouselawyer.co.uk/index.php/real-estate/10384-parking-rights-here-to-stay-consent-might-be-the-surprising-answer-) - accessed 20/12/2013, para 10
Most parking available in downtown cost money and time. Even the parking spaces available are very limited and not everyone could afford it. The parking decks in downtown belong to some companies. Most of those companies even make their own employee pay for it. As for the city, they have some free parking spaces which are limited to the public. Many of those parking spaces in Downtown Atlanta are usually not free. Atlanta is not the only state in America who does not provide free parking for their customers, workers, or tourists alike. For instance New York downtown charges for their parking. They are many parking meters on the sides of the roads where you can park your car for a limited period of time. Atlanta Downto...
In the July 1997 issue of Commentary, James Q. Wilson challenges the consensus among academia’s finest regarding the automobile in his bold article, Cars and Their Enemies. Directed towards the general public, his article discredits many of the supposed negatives of the automobile raised by experts, proves that the personal car is thriving and will continue to thrive because it meets individual preference over other means of transportation, as well as presents solutions to the social costs of cars. Wilson emphasizes that no matter what is said and done in eliminating the social costs of the automobile, experts are not going to stop campaigning against it.
Automobiles play a major role in today's society. Almost every American owns at least one motorized transportation vehicle. Some say they make our lives better by reaching places faster than before. Others say they are a harmful to the environment. Have they made our society better or worse? They may be fast, but do we as humans want our environment to suffer because of time. Face it, cars pollute. And they release destructive chemicals into the air. Air pollution can threaten the health of many subjects in the environment including human beings.
The fact that public safety and transportation suggests to car-pool or take public transportation is absurd and students should have the right to park on campus. Not being able to park on campus creates an unsafe environment for students. Safety is always of the utmost concern in any academic setting, including here at Adelphi. Adelphi is a safe and secure campus; public safety does an outstanding job keeping the campus safe, but safety of the parking lots compared to the other safety aspects of the university lack attention and action. If action is not taken people will not stop arguing and fighting over spots; students and faculty will wait in line for a long time just for people to pull out of a spot.
In the past when I was young, I used to think that the blue parking handicapped sign was only for disabled individuals who were in wheelchairs. My reason for thinking of that was, because when you look at the sign you see an individual and a wheelchair. Therefore, I thought it was only for individuals who were wheelchair bound. It would bother every time I would see an individual get out of their car, and be able to walk to a store, supermarket, their home, and other places without any problems. I would always think, the person who is car is parked in a handicapped parking spot is going to get a ticket. As time passed, and I grew older to understand, I became aware that the handicapped parking spot is for anyone with a disability, and have
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Parking on campus needs improving. Students entering the university are allowed to have a car on campus. With every new freshmen class entering parking posses a problem on campus. The campus is already limited in its parking on campus and since freshmen are allowed to have cars, the students before them are faced with the dilemma of how many new freshmen will be bringing a car to school.
looking for a parking space, and waiting in line. There are many ways to save time and
Both of the two auto vehicles are brought into the human industry as the use of benefit students’ lives become more convenient traveler. In commons, the two automobile created opportunities jobs in the economic companies’ nation. Plus, several students did not noticed that both cars and public transportation have one major similar concept where two of the transit vehicle produce environmental pollution, traffic congestion, and oil consumption problems. Encounter, the public transportation and cars can cause a huge impact to the environmental which it can lead human health problems. Mostly, both of the automobile still release noxious gases into the air, and over time the built up can change the environment global warming to like an unhealthy
Therefore the choice would be to use more the public transport, or atleast using a car which has less impact on the pollution.
It is hard to find parking on campus, especially during rush hours. Both students and professors are encountering trouble for this crisis. As a simple example, the parking lot next to the Sarkeys building is always full. This problem is a continuous, daily hazard. As a student required to maintain a lot of class schedules and activities, I suffer from the parking problem daily and find that others encounter the same. It is true that the university is working on a new parking garage, but during the construction process, there is no alternative way to settle the crisis. The official home page of OU parking and transportation services is a source to consider for exploring the problem.