tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286723931381409375.post98373511114615733..comments2024-01-27T16:24:00.233+08:00Comments on Reinventing Parking: Japan's proof-of-parking rule has an essential twin policyPaul Barterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442704054375929398noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286723931381409375.post-17339200439458667192020-11-05T00:45:51.218+08:002020-11-05T00:45:51.218+08:00I would like to know related articles on factors i...I would like to know related articles on factors influencing on-street parking . With many thanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09689367471601293647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286723931381409375.post-35047146788767551632019-11-15T23:10:47.057+08:002019-11-15T23:10:47.057+08:00coming from the UK at first I felt like my car fre...coming from the UK at first I felt like my car freedom has been taken away now living in Japan. In the UK you can drive to another town you don't live in and just park on many streets for free providing you can find a space and you always can somewhere. Say you want to get a load of friends to meet up for a BBQ and have some drinks and stay over in a friends house. you've got 40 friends coming over who will bring 8 cars. where do they park in Japan? Its not always that easier to find paid parking in the suburbs and its not always near to where you live. A lot of rules over here seam to me to be all made up to keep the population in worker bee conform to the norm mode. theres not much room for spontaneity. On the plus side everything is very community based. So I guess if you get the community on board with you BBQ idea then suddenly it all happens in the local town hall and parking is available everywhere complete with parking attendant volunteers etc. But what if you don't want to invite the whole community? Public transport here is fairly good, so I guess the answer is just take the train and bus and maybe that is the whole point! Its more environmentally friendly. I cycle a lot since parking in the city center is expensive. Its probebly more healthy for me and the planet anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286723931381409375.post-41659052536124945742018-09-26T13:49:43.249+08:002018-09-26T13:49:43.249+08:00Like Japan, the Philippines should also emulate th...Like Japan, the Philippines should also emulate this way of parking to at least lessen traffic as many Filipinos buy cars who makes the streets their parking spaces. By the way, have you heard of the viral lady here in the Philippines on illegal parking? Just read about it in <a href="http://attorneytotoy.blogspot.com/2018/09/nasaan-yung-5-minutes-working-policies.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a>.Andrew Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13703247472006591602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286723931381409375.post-46463145011998931022014-09-24T16:14:12.189+08:002014-09-24T16:14:12.189+08:00very interesting article !
Speaking of urban park...very interesting article ! <br />Speaking of urban parking, I read about an interesting new parking invention here:<br />http://smart-magazine.com/space/the-parking-wizard/ <br />maybe this is the future. and maybe this will avoid getting park tickets ; ) <br />what do you think ??<br />M.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05735782526894340647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286723931381409375.post-7242576107832799622014-06-12T07:06:37.036+08:002014-06-12T07:06:37.036+08:00Thanks very much Charlie and Simon for the extra i...Thanks very much Charlie and Simon for the extra insight on New York City! That certainly helps us understand this. Yes, narrow streets were a blessing in this case. Interesting! And makes me wonder how many other big cities tried banning overnight on-street parking at some point. Anyone else? Paul Barterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05442704054375929398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286723931381409375.post-44082430908095195142014-06-11T21:57:45.443+08:002014-06-11T21:57:45.443+08:00Yes, in regards to what Simon mentioned, Cap't...Yes, in regards to what Simon mentioned, Cap't Transit put together a series of articles on how New York City's overnight parking ban fell apart in the late 1940s and early 1950s: http://capntransit.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-overnight-parking-ban-broke-down.html<br /><br />I think the narrow street design element may be the third leg of the stool here, since it almost self-enforces short-term parking, given that anyone who stops on a 16 foot street is obstructing two-way traffic and feels pressure to move on. By contrast, New York's E-W streets tended to be around 30 feet from curb to curb, which is enough for two travel lanes and two parking lanes. Not unreasonably, people looked at all this empty space along the curb that wasn't in the way of traffic and figured if the city wasn't using it for anything, why not leave their cars there? The city never came up with a good answer as far as I can tell.Charlie Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07317335121565650040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286723931381409375.post-76082987960562975442014-06-09T23:19:57.815+08:002014-06-09T23:19:57.815+08:00The proof of parking system makes a prospective ca...The proof of parking system makes a prospective car owner personally responsible for finding a parking spot before they get the car, supply must be found before demand for parking increases. It makes parking supply management upstream rather than downstream. Without this rule, people could get cars first then try to find parking ad hoc afterwards, which can result in parking overspill and illegal parking (on vacant lots and the like). Problems that may lead to "solutions" like high minimum parking requirements being demanded to avoid this overspill. Furthermore, if everyone parks on the street overnight even if it's illegal, the ban tends not to hold. New York City used to ban overnight on street parking too, without a proof of parking system, the ban didn't last.simval84https://www.blogger.com/profile/10615053214354191224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286723931381409375.post-88179468362671374542014-06-05T07:02:46.271+08:002014-06-05T07:02:46.271+08:00Good question. I think the general idea was to mak...Good question. I think the general idea was to make banning overnight on-street parking more easily enforced. And more reasonable seeming. It means there can be no excuses. The two 'twin' policies support each other. Paul Barterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05442704054375929398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286723931381409375.post-67536030902074842962014-06-05T03:45:02.412+08:002014-06-05T03:45:02.412+08:00If you ban street parking, then why is the proof-o...If you ban street parking, then why is the proof-of-parking rule needed?Blogger Suckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482078026966474926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286723931381409375.post-76409148558411880552014-06-04T13:53:23.015+08:002014-06-04T13:53:23.015+08:00I forgot to mention two recent posts at Urban Kcho...I forgot to mention two recent posts at Urban Kchoze which mention Japan's proof-of-parking and make some insightful comments. They are http://urbankchoze.blogspot.sg/2014/04/nimbyism-density-and-parking.html and http://urbankchoze.blogspot.sg/2014/05/parking-management-survey-of-ways-to.htmlPaul Barterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05442704054375929398noreply@blogger.com