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Canadian Bureaucrats Don't "Think Different"

Posted by kdawson on from the sense-of-design dept.

owlgorithm writes "Apple's new store in Montreal has three parking meters on the street in front of it. The city is in the middle of a campaign to reduce downtown parking. In Apple's ever-conscientious attempt to improve design, they offered to reimburse the city for the parking meters and their revenue if the city would remove them. Answer: Non — because 'We've never done it before, so we can't.'"

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  1. I don't quite get it.. by QMalcolm · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The meters are there to reduce the number of parked cars, not for revenue. Apple is offering money, not a solution to overcrowded streets.

    1. Re:I don't quite get it.. by Phisbut · · Score: 5, Insightful

      It seems someone at the city has missed a way to make a buck, and fix their traffic problem.

      The city didn't miss an opportunity to make money. Apple wanted to pay the equivalent of the parking fares for the next 5 years. However, the city makes way more money from parking tickets than from parking meters.

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  2. kdawson spam by Traxxas · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And this is a story how? Why should a city remove meters because the business is Apple. If Apple doesn't want to deal with the meters they shouldn't have put the store there.

  3. Retarded Story by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That "news" story isn't quoting Montreal bureaucrats. It's putting words in their mouths to make a (stupid) point. All the writer knows is that the city refused - they don't actually know why, and there's no sign they actually asked anyone.

    Parking meters, as the writer did note, are designed not to collect a little revenue, but to keep parking turning over quickly so more people can share fewer parking spots. "No Parking" signs don't replace them where they're needed (like in front of stores like Apple's) because parking is appropriate there, just not unlimited.

    This is a stupid story by a stupid writer. Published by a stupid Slashdot editor.

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  4. Re:Not really a quote by macshit · · Score: 5, Insightful

    People need to park in order to buy.

    No they don't. In real cities, people don't need cars at all (I don't know for sure whether Montreal is a real city, but from what I hear, it's not too bad).

    Apple is clearly a bit confused by this concept (being headquartered in Cupertino, I suppose it's understandable).

    Sorry folks but the answer is building green cars not in banning parking spaces.

    No. The fundamental problem with cars is that they suck up space, and "green cars" do absolutely nothing to address that.

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