To the editor:
Re: False Creek resident smarting over lost parking, Oct. 24.
The car-share vehicles can also tie up parking for an unlimited time in Permit Parking Only (PPO) zones where people like myself pay city hall for a permit to park in front of their homes.
However, if you rent a vehicle from Budget, for example, you have to buy an additional permit from the city to park in front of your own home.
We only have enough PPO for three vehicles and it's commonplace that it's tied up by car-share vehicles, staff/students/suppliers/ contractors to VCC-King Edward Campus. I have a neuromuscular disease, cannot walk far and the next closest PPO is over a block away. When I raised the issue with the city, they didn't care and the car-share companies I contacted basically told me to screw myself as the city gave them the right to park anywhere for as long as they wanted.
The last number I heard was 873 car-share vehicles in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»with more coming and there has never been any public consultation.
George Brissette, Vancouver
