1 00:00:09,093 --> 00:00:11,972 Speaker 1: You're listening to a podcast from News Talk zed B. 2 00:00:12,373 --> 00:00:16,173 Speaker 1: Follow this and our wide range of podcasts now on iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:16,692 --> 00:00:20,213 Speaker 2: We have been talking about residential parking permits and parking 4 00:00:20,253 --> 00:00:24,373 Speaker 2: outside of your home. This after a Totonger resident Liam 5 00:00:24,453 --> 00:00:27,693 Speaker 2: Jackson has hit back at what he has expected to 6 00:00:27,732 --> 00:00:30,853 Speaker 2: pay for parking outside his house. He calculated it could 7 00:00:30,933 --> 00:00:34,533 Speaker 2: be over two thousand dollars a year to park outside 8 00:00:34,573 --> 00:00:38,613 Speaker 2: his property. And Liam Jackson is on the line now, Liam, 9 00:00:38,813 --> 00:00:39,772 Speaker 2: very good afternoon to you. 10 00:00:40,173 --> 00:00:41,173 Speaker 3: Good afternoon to you too. 11 00:00:42,013 --> 00:00:45,853 Speaker 4: So you have been up until this point been able 12 00:00:45,893 --> 00:00:47,893 Speaker 4: to park in front of your house? Is that correct? 13 00:00:48,613 --> 00:00:52,013 Speaker 3: Absolutely? I've only just moved into to the property as well. 14 00:00:52,653 --> 00:00:56,173 Speaker 3: I used to live on a suburb in Taranga, and 15 00:00:57,293 --> 00:01:01,813 Speaker 3: the listeners who knows Taronga very well, it's an interesting CBD, 16 00:01:02,413 --> 00:01:05,373 Speaker 3: quite hard to park in on a regular basis, and 17 00:01:06,613 --> 00:01:08,653 Speaker 3: I work in the CBD and I thought, get this, 18 00:01:09,253 --> 00:01:11,933 Speaker 3: I'm going to move into town so I can just 19 00:01:11,933 --> 00:01:15,173 Speaker 3: walk into work and park outside my house. And I 20 00:01:15,173 --> 00:01:17,933 Speaker 3: thought that would be the end of it. And then 21 00:01:18,373 --> 00:01:20,292 Speaker 3: I think a week after I move in, this is 22 00:01:20,333 --> 00:01:25,773 Speaker 3: the bombshell story that comes out that the parking range 23 00:01:25,773 --> 00:01:28,973 Speaker 3: is going to be increased and including my road, which 24 00:01:29,013 --> 00:01:34,733 Speaker 3: is fantastic. And originally when I inquired to the council, 25 00:01:34,853 --> 00:01:37,292 Speaker 3: they said, yeap, no problem, we'll be having resident parking 26 00:01:37,292 --> 00:01:41,813 Speaker 3: permits there for you, perfect I thought. And then they're 27 00:01:41,853 --> 00:01:43,452 Speaker 3: a wake up one day to see that that's been 28 00:01:43,453 --> 00:01:46,452 Speaker 3: reversed by the council and so yeah, yeah, your your 29 00:01:46,493 --> 00:01:49,733 Speaker 3: calculations are are pretty stark, but that's that's what I 30 00:01:49,773 --> 00:01:52,973 Speaker 3: would also have worked out to about two thousand dollars 31 00:01:53,013 --> 00:01:55,173 Speaker 3: a year, fifty dollars a week just to pack ups 32 00:01:55,173 --> 00:01:55,813 Speaker 3: on my own house. 33 00:01:56,453 --> 00:01:59,293 Speaker 4: And Liam, what kind of residents are you living? And 34 00:01:59,333 --> 00:02:00,813 Speaker 4: if you don't mind being asking. 35 00:02:00,933 --> 00:02:03,173 Speaker 3: So we're we're in a flat So there's a bit 36 00:02:03,173 --> 00:02:06,333 Speaker 3: of a complex of flats there on on this street. 37 00:02:06,333 --> 00:02:10,613 Speaker 3: There's quite a few apartment buildings and so there's quite 38 00:02:10,613 --> 00:02:13,133 Speaker 3: a few few of us there, and so we will 39 00:02:13,213 --> 00:02:19,373 Speaker 3: have one off parking car park as is. But I 40 00:02:19,453 --> 00:02:22,653 Speaker 3: live in a model occupancy household, so it's near my 41 00:02:22,693 --> 00:02:27,293 Speaker 3: partner and in a flatmate as well, and we you know, 42 00:02:27,373 --> 00:02:29,853 Speaker 3: have different schedules and things like that. Obviously, you know 43 00:02:30,293 --> 00:02:32,373 Speaker 3: that means one of us is going to have to 44 00:02:32,413 --> 00:02:38,333 Speaker 3: be on the road to park and residents are around me, 45 00:02:38,453 --> 00:02:40,293 Speaker 3: are all saying the same things like that that it's 46 00:02:40,373 --> 00:02:43,653 Speaker 3: very similarity situations. So where do they expect us to park? 47 00:02:44,532 --> 00:02:47,093 Speaker 2: So you say that this is effectively like a text 48 00:02:47,133 --> 00:02:50,252 Speaker 2: on living in the CBD, where there's a good argument 49 00:02:50,333 --> 00:02:54,572 Speaker 2: that Tyron and other councils should be looking to revitalize CBDs. 50 00:02:54,853 --> 00:02:57,613 Speaker 2: You think it's a decent center for people to live there. 51 00:02:58,133 --> 00:03:01,293 Speaker 3: Absolutely, I think, yeah, Tunga has been going through a 52 00:03:01,293 --> 00:03:05,373 Speaker 3: bit of a challenging time. And I know that because 53 00:03:05,373 --> 00:03:07,053 Speaker 3: I work in the CBD. I see it's myself all 54 00:03:07,093 --> 00:03:11,213 Speaker 3: the time. And the problem is, I think the council 55 00:03:11,252 --> 00:03:14,013 Speaker 3: are doing, actually to their credit to some very good 56 00:03:14,053 --> 00:03:18,133 Speaker 3: work on revitalizing the CBD. The problem is, you know, 57 00:03:18,333 --> 00:03:20,572 Speaker 3: it seems one step forward, two steps two steps back 58 00:03:20,613 --> 00:03:24,973 Speaker 3: half the time. The problem is at the moment is 59 00:03:25,093 --> 00:03:28,093 Speaker 3: that there is not many car parks, and all of 60 00:03:28,093 --> 00:03:30,493 Speaker 3: them that there are there is you know, taken up 61 00:03:30,493 --> 00:03:32,853 Speaker 3: by workers who are coming into the CBD, And so 62 00:03:33,413 --> 00:03:36,733 Speaker 3: that means obviously phisitors or customers paying customers who want 63 00:03:36,773 --> 00:03:38,693 Speaker 3: to come and spend their money in the CBD can't 64 00:03:38,693 --> 00:03:41,053 Speaker 3: get anywhere. They just turn around, they'll go to a 65 00:03:41,093 --> 00:03:43,453 Speaker 3: shoping ball instead. Where they can get you know, plenty 66 00:03:43,453 --> 00:03:47,693 Speaker 3: of parking and whatnot. So I totally understand where the 67 00:03:47,693 --> 00:03:50,493 Speaker 3: council is coming from and trying to get workers away 68 00:03:50,533 --> 00:03:52,853 Speaker 3: from parking right next door to where they work. That 69 00:03:53,373 --> 00:03:57,013 Speaker 3: makes sense. But the only way to really do that 70 00:03:57,133 --> 00:03:58,973 Speaker 3: is not by punishing people who live in the CBD. 71 00:03:59,133 --> 00:04:00,933 Speaker 3: You know, we actually should be getting more people in 72 00:04:00,973 --> 00:04:03,413 Speaker 3: the CBD to live to them they can walk to work, 73 00:04:03,453 --> 00:04:05,733 Speaker 3: they can then spend their money with it inside you know, 74 00:04:05,813 --> 00:04:07,773 Speaker 3: all the shops and whatnot, and all the hospitality that 75 00:04:07,773 --> 00:04:10,773 Speaker 3: we have to offer here. It seems very controductive to 76 00:04:10,813 --> 00:04:13,773 Speaker 3: me that then, you know, when people like myself decide 77 00:04:13,773 --> 00:04:15,613 Speaker 3: to move into the CBD to try and you know, 78 00:04:15,693 --> 00:04:18,213 Speaker 3: make it more for Liverpool City, are then punished by 79 00:04:18,933 --> 00:04:20,893 Speaker 3: not being able to just park outside our own house. 80 00:04:22,333 --> 00:04:25,013 Speaker 3: In my views of this, you know what we should 81 00:04:25,013 --> 00:04:27,093 Speaker 3: be doing is if you want to get workers away 82 00:04:27,093 --> 00:04:29,733 Speaker 3: from those park parking spots, we need to be getting 83 00:04:29,813 --> 00:04:32,813 Speaker 3: much better public transport. We have no public transport in 84 00:04:33,533 --> 00:04:35,933 Speaker 3: the in the in the city at the moment. We 85 00:04:36,013 --> 00:04:40,093 Speaker 3: have a huge sort of spread in Taranga. It's a 86 00:04:40,133 --> 00:04:43,053 Speaker 3: huge city, growing city and always being built around the 87 00:04:43,053 --> 00:04:46,293 Speaker 3: fringes and of course people want to come into you know, 88 00:04:46,533 --> 00:04:48,813 Speaker 3: to drive and park into the into the CBD to 89 00:04:48,893 --> 00:04:50,773 Speaker 3: work or to you know, to come and have fun. 90 00:04:51,333 --> 00:04:53,573 Speaker 3: But there's no there's no trains, there's no trans there's 91 00:04:53,573 --> 00:04:56,333 Speaker 3: not there's nothing, and the buses are just terrible, right, 92 00:04:56,653 --> 00:04:59,333 Speaker 3: and so of course we're not given any worker as 93 00:04:59,493 --> 00:05:05,293 Speaker 3: any other options. So instead of I guess, yeah, disincentivizing 94 00:05:05,333 --> 00:05:08,053 Speaker 3: people from you know, living in the CBD to help 95 00:05:08,133 --> 00:05:10,093 Speaker 3: there that they've gone, they've gone the opposite way, which to 96 00:05:10,133 --> 00:05:11,493 Speaker 3: me just seems very constroductive. 97 00:05:12,333 --> 00:05:14,853 Speaker 4: What would a fear solution look like to you? Are 98 00:05:14,853 --> 00:05:17,133 Speaker 4: you against paying all together or. 99 00:05:17,493 --> 00:05:20,213 Speaker 3: Absolutely no, absolutely not, you know, I as you can 100 00:05:20,253 --> 00:05:22,813 Speaker 3: as your union listeners. Probably here, I've got an accent, 101 00:05:22,933 --> 00:05:26,093 Speaker 3: and you know, when I live in the UK in 102 00:05:26,533 --> 00:05:29,133 Speaker 3: city centers all the time, you'd have to pay for 103 00:05:29,213 --> 00:05:32,653 Speaker 3: a parking permit. I don't think that's unreasonable. I'm not 104 00:05:32,693 --> 00:05:35,253 Speaker 3: asking for freebies, you know, because it is prime, prime 105 00:05:35,293 --> 00:05:38,733 Speaker 3: location that these spots. I understand that. But for two 106 00:05:38,733 --> 00:05:42,013 Speaker 3: thousand dollars a year, come on, that's crazy, you know. 107 00:05:42,173 --> 00:05:47,333 Speaker 3: I think having the option of having a significantly discounters 108 00:05:47,333 --> 00:05:50,493 Speaker 3: don't get me wrong, you know, but still something to 109 00:05:51,893 --> 00:05:54,892 Speaker 3: put towards saying, you know, I'm living here, I'm taking 110 00:05:54,973 --> 00:05:58,293 Speaker 3: up prime retail space. I get that, but at least 111 00:05:58,293 --> 00:06:00,093 Speaker 3: give me the option. At least give you the option 112 00:06:00,133 --> 00:06:03,053 Speaker 3: to do so. And I think a limit on it 113 00:06:03,053 --> 00:06:07,133 Speaker 3: does not really affect on Like what Mahae said, you know, 114 00:06:07,293 --> 00:06:11,253 Speaker 3: it's everyone has different experiences and different needs. You know, 115 00:06:11,413 --> 00:06:14,093 Speaker 3: people have multiple cars in their homes for all sorts 116 00:06:14,133 --> 00:06:16,973 Speaker 3: of different reasons. To say you know that I ll 117 00:06:17,253 --> 00:06:19,973 Speaker 3: or my household need won two three cars, you know, 118 00:06:20,853 --> 00:06:23,053 Speaker 3: I think that that that seems silly to me. You know, 119 00:06:23,133 --> 00:06:25,813 Speaker 3: people have all the different needs and wants from from 120 00:06:25,893 --> 00:06:28,813 Speaker 3: their parking situation in the CBD so. 121 00:06:28,933 --> 00:06:32,093 Speaker 4: As because there's there's two things, isn't there there is 122 00:06:32,133 --> 00:06:35,733 Speaker 4: being able to find a park in your house in 123 00:06:36,053 --> 00:06:39,533 Speaker 4: the near your house, and there's there's the paying for it. Right, 124 00:06:40,373 --> 00:06:43,133 Speaker 4: So are you looking for a situation where you're guaranteed 125 00:06:43,173 --> 00:06:47,573 Speaker 4: to find a park or a situation where you shouldn't 126 00:06:47,613 --> 00:06:50,093 Speaker 4: have to pay as much as people that are, you know, 127 00:06:50,133 --> 00:06:51,253 Speaker 4: competing for the parks? 128 00:06:51,493 --> 00:06:54,053 Speaker 3: Yeah? Absolutely, I mean I'm not looking for a guarantee spot, 129 00:06:54,093 --> 00:06:55,493 Speaker 3: you know, I think what what they're do in most 130 00:06:55,493 --> 00:06:58,813 Speaker 3: other places is you know in the world, they have zones, 131 00:06:59,013 --> 00:07:02,933 Speaker 3: so the residents like anywhere in this zone. So you know, 132 00:07:03,293 --> 00:07:06,093 Speaker 3: if it's not a pace space, yeah, there's not a space. 133 00:07:06,453 --> 00:07:10,573 Speaker 3: But I think the real problem is is their they're 134 00:07:10,653 --> 00:07:12,613 Speaker 3: hell bent on you know, the reason why there's no 135 00:07:12,693 --> 00:07:15,173 Speaker 3: parks anywhere in town is because the workers are taking 136 00:07:15,213 --> 00:07:18,053 Speaker 3: them up. If we gave the workers different means or 137 00:07:18,093 --> 00:07:20,853 Speaker 3: methods to get into town, then we wouldn't have that problem. 138 00:07:20,973 --> 00:07:23,453 Speaker 2: Yeah, Liam, thank you very much for having to chip 139 00:07:23,493 --> 00:07:25,133 Speaker 2: with us and keep up the good fight and keep 140 00:07:25,173 --> 00:07:27,093 Speaker 2: us updated with how you get on. But really good 141 00:07:27,093 --> 00:07:27,853 Speaker 2: to chat with you. 142 00:07:28,333 --> 00:07:30,973 Speaker 1: For more from news Talks. It'd be listen live on 143 00:07:31,053 --> 00:07:34,053 Speaker 1: air or online and keep our shows with you wherever 144 00:07:34,093 --> 00:07:36,653 Speaker 1: you go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio.