01-06-2021, 05:58 PM
(01-06-2021, 05:01 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(01-06-2021, 04:51 PM)tomh009 Wrote: There is no overnight street parking in Kitchener during the winter. So, surely, there is capacity somewhere to store everyone's cars, they don't simply disappear for the winter.
I believe this was in reference to Montreal, where on street parking is used for permanent storage of specific personal property (i.e., I can store my belongings on public property for free, but ONLY if I can afford a car).
In KW, yes, I believe with only one or two exceptions (where permits are used, which do not pay for parking, but are at least not free and are highly limited in scope) does not use public property to permanently store private property.
Yeah. Montreal's been like that for decades, it would be hard to transition to a state where garages exist (and that would be a lot of garages). KW has the space for car storage on private property.
Shoup points out that in a curb cuts and driveways vs on-street situation, the curb cuts block out and privatize space that could otherwise be used for parking by the public.