Transperth gets enough

WHY pay and display at Murdoch Station car parks?

Will this solve the lack of parking space? Transperth earns enough money from the infringement notices put on people’s cars when they can’t find parking because Transperth has not provided enough parking bays for the number of commuters.

In one day I observed seven cars parked “illegally” with infringement notices on their windscreens – that’s $350 just there.

Back to the pay and display: do you know what you get for your $2 a day? A shoulder or waist-high fence with a “guard” sitting in his little box. He’ll make sure you don’t stop in front of the ticket machine to get a ticket when it’s raining cats and dogs (you have to park, then get a ticket) or he’ll do his patrols to see if you are displaying your $2 ticket.

If not he’ll put a $50 infringement notice under your windscreen wiper. Read the terms and conditions board and you’ll see that Transperth does not take any liability for your vehicle – so what are we paying $2 for?

The Transperth coffers, that’s what.

I have also just read that Canning Council has given approval for “no parking” signs to be erected near Cannington station where commuters are parking because there is not enough parking room at that station.

Is anyone going to give the commuters alternative parking?

At Murdoch 355 bays are to be made pay and display, which raises $710 a day. Another thing, fares have gone up.

Enough is enough Transperth; how about doing the right thing by the people who pay your wages – produce more parking bays, get rid of the $2 pay and display and stop being greedy.

What everyone else is thinking

Some1

21/08/2011

Agree with Rafa. Also the $2 is not going into "the Transperth coffers" because public transport runs at a loss. The $2 is just the user pays part of covering the cost of everything - everything else is paid for by the taxpayer, who for all I know might live in Broome and never need to use Transperth at all.

And it might not 'solve' the parking issues, but would almost certainly help. There's got to be more than a few people who would drive to the station, but don't because it's cheaper to just catch the bus over (remember that the bus fare is included in the train fare as long as you stay in the same fare zone.)

In many ways, I'm actually in favour of raising the parking fee and covering the entire car park area, and meanwhile upgrade the feeder busses.

kevin hodge

15/02/2011

I parked a small motor cycle in the very small M/C park at mandurah station at 8.50 one morning , all six marked spaces were taken so had to park the bike in space at the end , not obstructing anyone , caught my 9.02 train for medical appointment in fremantle , returned later to find an infringement notice , I am a 73 yo aged pensioner so cant afford to pay $50 to park .... what do I do ???? they dont want us to use the bus before 9am

Rafa

29/07/2010

So Debbie let me get this right, you want to use a service (parking) and not pay for it? I would imagine your thoughts on the cost of extending the car park shouldn't be paid for by the consumer?