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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. What's Even Worse... by Chagatai · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Even if Apple were to go out there and put change in the meters for when customers pull up, chances that even that would be violating some law, much like it does here for most meters in the States. "I'm sorry, sir, but you can't spend your own money as you see fit in assisting these people because you were not the one parked here."

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  2. No parking, Metered parking, Free parking by ToasterMonkey · · Score: 1, Redundant

    First, read the article, maybe that's why you "don't quite get things".

    The metered spaces would be turned into a no parking zone. That's LESS cars on the street. Unless there's more to the story, it's pretty silly of the city to refuse.
    No parking is less cars than Metered parking which is less cars than Free parking.

  3. the solution is simple by DragonTHC · · Score: 0, Redundant

    just have a bucket of moose quarters to reimburse customers to enter the apple store.

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    They're using their grammar skills there.
  4. Shouldn't they be ... by eck011219 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... parking metres?

    tee hee ...

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