We were walking back from lunch the other day when I spotted this car wedged into it’s spot. I really hope they didn’t need to get out in a hurry!
Apart from the obvious curiosity that it is, it did get me thinking about the sustainability of cars in the CBD. I ride to work (as do a number of the Eskimos) and when I don’t, I catch public transport.
When I saw this, I thought about how frustratingly annoying it would be to be parking and driving in the city on a daily basis (or worse – living in the city and having to find a park on a Surry Hills street).
There’s a lot been written about how cars and road-based transport have transformed how cities are designed. This is especially true of Sydney, which begins to sprawl into semi-suburban areas very rapidly. To date there appears to have been very little thought given to bikes in the city (although a recent Sydney City Council announcement of a bunch more bike lanes is a good start).
Anyways – interesting how something as trivial as a tight park can get you thinking about sustainability…
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If they rode in on an easy to park foldup pushbike or used a GoGet car share they wouldn’t have this problem would they! That’ll be fun to get out.
It reminds me of this cool project from sometime ago though … Park(ing) which has become a global action day, i think the d.eskimos may do one this year in fact in Surry Hills – let us know if you’d like to be alerted when we do!