The “Wasted Space” report found that upwards of 40 per cent of car parks were left empty each night in apartments in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.
Medium-Department-35 on
I’m not sure if public transport in Australia is in a place where we should be considering reducing the amount of available car parks
Salt_Temporary_7720 on
I don’t really agree. Better to have them. Storage.
Financial-Hunter1335 on
Penrith council is about to spend $200m on one 😂
There’s always loads of parking
Technical-Isopod6554 on
Too expensive
Ok_Tie_7564 on
Storage cages?
RealBrobiWan on
Oh great, so news will push for gov to loosen rules for property developers. Property developers will keep the same prices, but then be allowed to charge an extra cost to park in your own property? Good one abc. Brilliant idea folks. Brilliant.
You know what would be good if this was actual news? A source. Not “a report states”, but an actual link to vet the source
MDInvesting on
‘No one is using’
My experience is parking when needed is always in short supply.
Needing cars for work is creating a lot of constriction on possible housing/apartment options.
FigFew2001 on
Not my experience.
allseeingbrad on
The more sincere question behind this report is probably something like ‘how dare those filthy poors that live in apartments think they are entitled to a personal vehicle(s)?’
timmygully on
I think this is more the function of absentee owner/investors than an indicator of reality
Ash-2449 on
good, we need to start ending car centric infrastructure and pushing more into public transport
miwe666 on
Yeah nah, this is self interested positioning by the building industry, and there aren’t empty carparks everywhere, the majority of people own a vehicle, in some cases several which leads to on street parking issues.
NotTheBusDriver on
“The Grattan Institute report found up to 40 per cent of car parks were left empty each night in capital city apartments.” But they didn’t say what percentage of car parks are actually unused. By all means allow flats to be built without car parks. But then you must also ensure that nobody can register a vehicle at that address. Otherwise residential streets become impossible to navigate.
mildurajackaroo on
It’s better to have the space and not use it than to come to a point where you need it and not have it.
You can easily use the space as storage if you don’t have cars or have one car port free.
You can also rent out your car port to people that need it. Easiest $100 a week you ever made.
prawnpesto on
Curious where those apartments are located? Been in a few buildings with large underground carparks the past few years, around the inner inner-west, and we’re usually dealing with the opposite issues where residents don’t have enough with a single car park, residents desperate to find someone without a car to rent their spaces, and all sorts of abuse of guest parking because there isn’t enough parks…
bucketreddit22 on
Absolute garbage take by the ABC – the public transport system in any city in Aus is absolutely not sufficient if you ever need to take a trip outside of peak hours or leave the immediate cbd.
Illustrious-Pin3246 on
Sounds like someone is lobbying this on behalf of builders. Follow the money trail
Littman-Express on
“ The report found 19 per cent of two-bedroom apartment households in Australia’s capital cities did not own a car.”
So 81% of two bedroom apartments need at least one carpark.
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The “Wasted Space” report found that upwards of 40 per cent of car parks were left empty each night in apartments in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.
I’m not sure if public transport in Australia is in a place where we should be considering reducing the amount of available car parks
I don’t really agree. Better to have them. Storage.
Penrith council is about to spend $200m on one 😂
There’s always loads of parking
Too expensive
Storage cages?
Oh great, so news will push for gov to loosen rules for property developers. Property developers will keep the same prices, but then be allowed to charge an extra cost to park in your own property? Good one abc. Brilliant idea folks. Brilliant.
You know what would be good if this was actual news? A source. Not “a report states”, but an actual link to vet the source
‘No one is using’
My experience is parking when needed is always in short supply.
Needing cars for work is creating a lot of constriction on possible housing/apartment options.
Not my experience.
The more sincere question behind this report is probably something like ‘how dare those filthy poors that live in apartments think they are entitled to a personal vehicle(s)?’
I think this is more the function of absentee owner/investors than an indicator of reality
good, we need to start ending car centric infrastructure and pushing more into public transport
Yeah nah, this is self interested positioning by the building industry, and there aren’t empty carparks everywhere, the majority of people own a vehicle, in some cases several which leads to on street parking issues.
“The Grattan Institute report found up to 40 per cent of car parks were left empty each night in capital city apartments.” But they didn’t say what percentage of car parks are actually unused. By all means allow flats to be built without car parks. But then you must also ensure that nobody can register a vehicle at that address. Otherwise residential streets become impossible to navigate.
It’s better to have the space and not use it than to come to a point where you need it and not have it.
You can easily use the space as storage if you don’t have cars or have one car port free.
You can also rent out your car port to people that need it. Easiest $100 a week you ever made.
Curious where those apartments are located? Been in a few buildings with large underground carparks the past few years, around the inner inner-west, and we’re usually dealing with the opposite issues where residents don’t have enough with a single car park, residents desperate to find someone without a car to rent their spaces, and all sorts of abuse of guest parking because there isn’t enough parks…
Absolute garbage take by the ABC – the public transport system in any city in Aus is absolutely not sufficient if you ever need to take a trip outside of peak hours or leave the immediate cbd.
Sounds like someone is lobbying this on behalf of builders. Follow the money trail
“ The report found 19 per cent of two-bedroom apartment households in Australia’s capital cities did not own a car.”
So 81% of two bedroom apartments need at least one carpark.