Dunedin parking

The Dunedin City Council has banked a $2 million profit from parking meters in less than a year, new figures show.

Few issues arouse public attention like parking. Most adults have access to cars, and most at some stage or another look for parking spaces.

The Dunedin City Council's controversial parking changes come back before a hearings committee today, as a special consultative procedure to create "authorised vehicle" parking bays for goods and service vehicles, residents' parking and other special parking areas is considered.

Russell Garbutt is bemused by the apparent logic behind the DCC decision to get rid of the clearway on London St, a situation that, he says, has resulted in a significant increase in traffic congestion.

Dunedin bus planners are allowing downtown bus stops to be used unwisely for short-term bus parking, while proposing a complicated high-tech solution to solve a simple problem, writes Peter Dowden.

The Dunedin City Council's caution - and confusion - over possible changes to the operation of buses in the central city is palpable.

Changes aimed at fixing Dunedin's inner-city parking have been confirmed, and with a last-minute concession for upset Frederick St retailers who led the charge.

The most vocal critics of the Dunedin City Council's parking strategy say they are not popping Champagne corks just yet, after changes to inner-city parking confirmed this week.