Currently the situation of parking in Malta especially in
some certain localities, is quite huge. I’m one who experience this problem of
parking quite often but not on a daily basis, because when I go to college,
somehow I manage to find a parking space. Although it’s becoming quite
problematic and usually have to find a parking space quite far from the
institute. Cars are always increasing and many students are preferring to get a
car licence and go to college by their own car rather than using the public
transport. When going back home, the problem of parking isn’t that much next to
my house, although cars are also increasing by neighbours living nearby.
Central localities around Malta are very problematic to find
a parking space, such as Valletta, Sliema, St. Julians, Birkirkara, Qormi, etc.
When I need to go to such locations, sometimes I choose to go by public transport
which I really dislike because it takes longer to travel. The poor system of
public transport is one of the reasons, people are choosing to own and use
private cars which also leads to more traffic in our roads. Although, I believe
that there were few improvements within the system, people are still choosing
to travel by their own cars. I think by having a better public transport system
and maybe introduce incentives to people who make use of the public transport,
people would start using it more. In some localities there is also the option
of parking malls, which reduces the parking problem, but sometimes their
parking fee is too expensive and makes it more difficult to people who don’t
afford to pay such amounts.
On the other hand, there are people who park irresponsibly,
which will cause unnecessary inconveniences towards other road users. For
instance, I frequently notice drivers who double park in the middle of the road
with the hazard lights on, just because they need to have a ‘quick’ stop while
causing danger to other drivers who need to overtake them and risk to crash
into traffic coming from the opposite direction. Other instance is when drivers
who just find a good parking spot while ruin other parking spaces by not using
them correctly. Even though people might get a fine for such mistakes, they
still keep doing them and it’s something that we as a country need to take care
of.
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