My msg on Warringah Mall FB page (and I'm not usually one to write stuff on public FB pages) but I'm sick and tired of Sydney's fucking driving obsession and the dumbfuck decision makers who prioritise building bloody (tolled) motorways, tunnels, extra lanes, carparks over a decent public transport system which everyone can use and is far more cost effective and is sustainable for the future...
My stepmum told me.. "Oh there's a new carpark at Warringah Mall with around 1000 new spaces.." I thought to myself.. wow, that's a lot. Well it seems not.
The first time I went there were about 700 free spaces.. (guess I must've gone at a really quiet time) today I went, there were about 6.
"While I think the new renovations look great the new Woolworths/Big W carpark hasn't really solved any parking problems. It seems that building 5 levels of carpark with 1200 extra spaces did nothing to solve the problem. Going there on a Sunday morning it took me 15 minutes to find a space, and 10 minutes to exit, eating into the 3 hours of parking time. I'd hate to think what it's like on a Saturday afternoon.
I guess the only solution now is to build another 20 storeys on top of the existing carpark where it will take 1 hour to exit [sarcasm].
Having lived in Europe the last couple of years where public transport works so well, (and being a former NB resident since 1981) I'm shocked, saddened and disgusted with Sydney's and the Northern Beaches residents' obsession with driving everywhere. If there was a half decent public transport system (ie light rail or even buses that came much more frequently) then maybe people would use it more and reduce traffic to the mall and the need to build 25 storey carparks in the future..."
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