Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Panic stations

Today at my work there was a helpful email advising employees of the closing down of a nearby car-parking facility. In the minutes afterwards i heard at least 3 fairly alarmed conversations of car-commuters unsure of their future plans. While having sympathy, i do find it a little amusing.

"Independence" is one of the things people tell me is an advantage of car driving. But in reality, travelling by car just means being dependent on a range of different things. Parking is just one of many.

It will be interesting tomorrow to see if people are late for work, after spending time (and petrol) hunting out a parking place and walking from that place; or whether they just leave home earlier to allow for that - which is also ironic for the people who say they drive because it's "quicker". (More on that another time)

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