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ers of ParkingToday to not only JVH and his musings on PT’s blog, but also to entries fromJolyon Porter, PeteGoldin and Peter Guest, all of whom write on the blog of our sister publication, ParkingWorld.


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ences and read a number of articles recently where worthy graybeards have portentously announced that “30%- 50% of cars in an area are searching for a parking space.” The audience, including me, has gravely nodded its collective head at this great piece of wisdom. Then I engaged the brain; isn’t 100% of traffic searching for a parking space? Of course, some drivers know exactly where they are going and so the search is purely nominal, following a known route to a known destination. But assuming that the rest of the


cars will not continue in motion to the end of time (11.52 am GMT 23rd April 2065, in case you wanted to know), they are all seeking a place to park their car. Maybe not in “the area” but some- where; and I think that it is reasonable to assume that there will be some level of search either to find the street space or the garage. So what the ... are they actually


talking about? I suspect it’s an issue of inadequate definition, and what they actually are trying to say is something like a certain proportion of drivers try to find a place in an area where the parking is full (or unattractive because of price), and so they spend time circu- lating round and round the area until they find a vacant space (full) or a cheap space (price). Any clarification welcome. Until then, I will firmly put this “fact” in the “everybody knows so it may not mean anything” box.


Peter Guest (posted Nov. 5)


Parking in the Philippines In my last PW blog (Oct. 30), I


exposed Hollywood’s character assas- sination of the car park, and I suggest- ed that the moviemakers present the public with some positive parking lot role models.My editor asked me what I think this role model would be like. Here are a few of my cinematic parking visions: – Well-lit spaces that discourage


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suspicious characters from lurking in the shadows. –Open sight lines that do not leave


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– CCTV and other security meas-


ures to keep patrons safe and to mini- mize the urge to hold gunfights or kid- nap unsuspecting patrons on the prem- ises.


– Speed bumps to discourage high-


speed car chases. – Practical signage and markings


that allow people such as Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer to find their car in under 30 minutes. The supporting cast: – Friendly and helpful car park


attendants who do not resemble zom- bies.


–Valets who are conscientious, and


do not smash vehicles into each other and do not take joy rides in customer cars, screeching the tires as they race out of the lot. – Security personnel in attendance,


not sleeping,with attention paid towhat is happening on that CCTV screen just over their shoulder.


Pete Goldin (posted Oct. 31) You could have read these entries


when they were originally posted at Park- ing Today’s Blog – and commented, if you liked – by logging on to www.parkingto- day.com and clicking on “blog.” JVH updates the blog almost every day.


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