Up with the Orange
Today, I was meeting a friend at Lamcy Plaza. A confirmed pedestrian, I hadn't noticed, but my friend was annoyed.
Lamcy used to have free parking; in fact, it had free valet parking (with purchase).
As of today, the car park is filled with orange signs and the orange parking permit dispensers.
(My friend did say that the policeman there to issue tickets was very helpful.)
When I first arrived in the UAE, I worked in Al Ain but came to Dubai every Thursday, always alighting at Lamcy Plaza. I was able to cut across the semi-deserted car park. At its most crowded times, cars could park in any of several sand lots around the paved car park.
Gradually, all the sand lots turned into completed buildings or buildings under development, and the paved lot became full at all hours between 8:00 a.m. and midnight, so drivers had to circle for some time to find a space. But at least parking was free.
The lot is still full, drivers still have to circle to find spaces, but, when they find them, they have to pay.
For which callous pedestrians are glad, since the money drivers have to pay provides municipal services for the rest of us.
Lamcy used to have free parking; in fact, it had free valet parking (with purchase).
As of today, the car park is filled with orange signs and the orange parking permit dispensers.
(My friend did say that the policeman there to issue tickets was very helpful.)
When I first arrived in the UAE, I worked in Al Ain but came to Dubai every Thursday, always alighting at Lamcy Plaza. I was able to cut across the semi-deserted car park. At its most crowded times, cars could park in any of several sand lots around the paved car park.
Gradually, all the sand lots turned into completed buildings or buildings under development, and the paved lot became full at all hours between 8:00 a.m. and midnight, so drivers had to circle for some time to find a space. But at least parking was free.
The lot is still full, drivers still have to circle to find spaces, but, when they find them, they have to pay.
For which callous pedestrians are glad, since the money drivers have to pay provides municipal services for the rest of us.
posted by Dubai@Random at 5:05 pm
3 Comments:
Municipal services such as laying down and then ripping up landscaping?
The lack of parking here is scandalous and shows a total inability to plan in any meaningful way.
hey, its not an easy task to solve. One of the problems i guess is that while planning new buildings there should be more underground parking places considered. so the outside stays free for normal parking in the heat ;-)
nice blog by the way...
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