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Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate
I, luckily, have an underground and heated parking space, but I wonder how effective the snow route parking bans really are when:
1) The City issues them well after the snowfall has ended, thereby making it difficult for some to actually move their cars (since, you know, they are snowed in...);
2) The owner of the car is on vacation or on a work trip out of the city, and, having left their car parked on the street, is now unable to move their car (since, you know, they aren't in Calgary at the moment and--quite possibly--won't be for some time); and
3) There is already a lack of adequate parking in the city, so where does the City expect those who have cars located in the now-banned parking areas to put them?
All in all, the snow parking bans strikes me as being a good idea in theory, but difficult to implement properly--particularly when it is implemented in such an irregular and ad hoc fashion.
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1) Shovel your car out. Its day 3, there is no excuse to not have it out, if you wait until the plow goes by it gets burried in deeper. So unless you don't plan on using your car until the next chinook it should be dug out by now.
2) Cars are only to be left stationary on the street for 72hrs. Day 1 is the snowfall, Day 2 is primary routes, Day 3 is the parking ban day so if they are out of town there car shouldn't be on the street anyway.
3) I disagree there is a lack of adequate parking. Those in lane homes could have options using their back alley, those in Condos or town houses with out that option at worst could move their cars to a train station for the day or a side street off of the snow route.
I also disagree that it is implemented in an Ad Hoc or irregular fashion. It is issued after every major snowfall. Usually the 2nd day after it has stopped snowing. People on snow routes should know these things and have a plan to deal with it. The benefit of not plowing around cars is very large and worth the inconvenience to people who have to deal with it.