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Visitor Parking: What can you do when residents abuse?

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In our last blog we explained who can, and how they should, use visitor parking bays in a residential strata building. What can you do when residents and owners abuse visitor parking bays in residential strata buildings? Parking their own vehicles there excessively? 😡😡😡 There’s a series of things the Owners Corporation can legally do…

Disability Parking in NSW

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Disability parking permits prioritise accessibility for individuals with disabilities in Australia, aligning with the SCHADS Award and other important initiatives. In NSW, to obtain a disability parking permit, you need to apply for a Mobility Parking Scheme permit with Services NSW. If you have one of these permits, then you can also apply for an…

Disability Parking Scheme Legislation

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Every day, people with disabilities experience barriers that make it difficult to participate and work in the community. Their disabilities may be visible and obvious, such as use of a wheelchair, or invisible and non-obvious, such as breathing difficulties, or a prosthetic limb. Barriers to accessibility may be physical, such as inaccessible streetscapes; social, such…

When something is important enough to do, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor … Elon Musk

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12 years ago… When I created thatsMYspot.com.au… It was to solve an underlying problem I experienced. Although the odds were not in our favor (as no one else had come up with a simple solution to parking problems)… It was important for me to find a solution. Here’s why: My time is valuable, and so is…

What Does Working From Home Mean For Your Parking?

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Is working from home the new future of Australia’s corporate workforce culture? Even on a part-time basis? To date, it seems as though Australians have adapted and embraced it well. When companies like Atlassian announce that they will no longer require their employees to return to the office for work even after the pandemic ends,…

Faster horses? Innovation in the auto industry

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785 words. Approx 4-5 min read “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” This quote, attributed to Henry T Ford, illustrates just how far innovation in the automotive industry has come. The last decade has seen massive technological transformation in the auto industry. Most recently with electric vehicles,…

5 simple tips to “happify”​ your customers’​ parking experience 😁 😁 😁

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Thought of the day for my fellow parking industry gurus… What have you done to make a difference to happify your customers’ parking experience…? Hope we’ve been able to add a 😁 to your day. Article takes 3-4 minutes to read, approx 760 words On average, drivers will waste 17 hours a year looking for…

How To Make Off-Street Parking More Affordable in Australia

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Parkopedia recently released their 2019 Global Parking Index Report, and their findings for off-street parking in Australia are well … rather expensive! Source 1.   Australia is the most expensive country in the world for daily off-street parking with the average Australian daily cost of off-street parking in 2019 (in car-parks that are both privately and publicly owned) at…

The Importance of Parking Accessibility To The Success Of Your Restaurant

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Ease, accessibility and convenience of car parking matter a lot to Australian businesses. Let’s take the restaurant industry as an example as we rush full-on into the holiday season. Choosing a location for a restaurant is one of the key factors to profitability. Alongside memorable food and service, parking and accessibility can be crucial to a restaurant’s success. Buzztime…