Easing the Parking Nightmare

June 25, 2007 - 4:00 PM by

If you live in an urban center AND own a car, you know what it’s like to come home at night and circle. And circle. And circle. For 15 minutes, half an hour, longer. My all time record? An hour. At 1 a.m. In San Francisco. Followed closely by 45 minutes at 4 a.m. in Tel Aviv.

Thanks to a precedent ruling, parking woes should ease for Tel Aviv residents – albeit slightly – in the future.

Tel Aviv District Court Judge David Rosen ruled yesterday that parking in a bus stop after hours is okay. Rosen was presiding over a case involving a car owner who had parked his car at a bus stop ten minutes before midnight. The car was towed and the driver fined.

The driver decided to contest the fine maintaining that bus service stops at 11:10 p.m. I.e. why should he not park there if the stop isn’t in use?

The judge said that although the law prevents people from parking in bus stops – full stop – logic dictates that the city’s parking squeeze should allow drivers to park in stops after bus route hours. Rosen ruled in favor of the driver.

Yahoo! Bus Stop Party on Dizengoff tonight!

Tags: • Category: A New Reality, Life, Politics 

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2 Comments on Easing the Parking Nightmare

  1. Miss Worldwide on Tue, Jun 26th 2007 10:33 PM

    2. I circled for 2 hours once in Paris, in the Les Abbesses neighbourhood.

  2. Stephanie on Wed, Jun 27th 2007 7:39 PM

    3. You win. Hands down…slf

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