Another reason we need decent mass transit
tommyAccording to this article, there are more than 105 million parking spaces in the United States. I bet your car is probably in one of them right now. And at the end of every day, people are found wandering around, looking for their car. Of course, in Florida, it’s mostly the tourists who are roving aimlessly. Not only do they fail to remember where they parked, but they forget what make, model, and even what color car they rented. If you’re a local, and you see these people, there are two reasons you should help ‘em out.
- You’ll have a great story to tell your friends & family, with great laughs at the expense of those snowbirds. And
- Even though they cut you off, drive 15 mph below the speed limit, and generally increase your commute time, they really do spend a lot of money here – we want them to come back.
Orlando’s airport does not help:
One day in 1998, rows and floors at Orlando’s airport garage were renumbered without notice. (Level 3 became level 1; row G became E.) Hundreds of people returning from out of town roamed the structure, assuming that their cars had been stolen. Retiree Jim Hobbs spent an hour looking for his car. “I thought, ‘Good God, I’m in the Twilight Zone,’ ” he recalls.
This story includes some Tampa parking lot “wayfinders” detail on the back page of the World section of the print edition Tribune this morning, but I couldn’t find the article on trib’s website.
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