Costly street parking

When will Auckland Transport provide solutions to parking issues in the CBD instead of just shifting the problem? As Freemans Bay, Herne Bay and Ponsonby all become 120-minute parking, commuters are moving further afield, creating problems for residents in fringe suburbs. If AT wants to close off areas where city workers have been parking for years, they need to provide viable alternative options. We are six months away from a new bus network and the $24 per day parking ($120 a week) is an extortionate rate which the majority of residents cannot afford. As a Grey Lynn resident I can no longer park in my own street and as a worker in the CBD I can’t afford to park at work. The most liveable city? What a joke.

Alessandra Nixon, Ponsonby.