September 21 is World Park(ing) Day! Hey, is there a day left as normal, ‘no particular reason’ day? The calendar is getting crowded!
Parking Day has a twist to it, as you can see. REBAR (in lower case it’s a steel, a night club), a creative collective operates in San Francisco. It transformed a metered parking lot into a temporary park (it was there till the meter ran out!). Their argument? Far too much of city space is gobbled up by lifeless wheels. It’s time we reclaimed it for people. Wow!
Look at the photograph at parkingday@rebargroup.org
Rebar threw the idea to the creative minds in ‘Frisco. Go to the areas that need open spaces, they said. And turn parking spots into Park(ing) spaces. Improve the quality of human habitat. Let’s see who creates the most innovative Park(ing) space.
Rebar asked for volunteers to help them in a series of Park(ing) installations throughout the city.
Will something like this work in Chennai? Naah…
That’s because Chennai has few specified parking areas and fewer rules on parking. The city is run on the anywhere parking theory. All lanes and by-lanes have two and four wheelers on both sides of the road. Shops in street corners have vehicles parked at the turning to resemble the rays of the sun. Busy roads have cars parked haphazardly. I’ve seen cars parked to block your left turning view completely. And where are tourist taxis and private buses parked?
All we need to do is to learn to park neatly. We always have more space when we fold and arrange clothes neatly in the cupboard, don’t we?
How good are you as a parker?
