Downtown parking

EDITORIAL – Free parking was a good reminder why we have paid parking

May 11, 2020 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT WAS NICE WHILE IT LASTED but free parking downtown is coming to an end because, quite simply, it didn’t work. City council will approve [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Delaying decision on Saturday parkade fees makes sense

November 28, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCIL has been taking a beating lately, including from the Armchair Mayor, so it’s only fair to mention when it makes a [Continue]

BEPPLE – It’s time for fundamental change in how we think of parkades

November 27, 2019 // 1 Comment

PARKADES ARE SACRED in Kamloops. Or at least that’s what it seems like after this week’s vote on council. On Jan. 1, 2020, the City of Kamloops takes over the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A city’s history of failure in dealing with parking problem

November 16, 2019 // 4 Comments

FOR A CITY SO CODEPENDENT on automobiles, Kamloops has a strange aversion to figuring out where to park them. When my grandfather bought one of Kamloops’ first motorized [Continue]

PETERS – Unlike 2015, the parking issue has not been front and centre this year

November 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

(Image: Mel Rothenburger) MEMORIES ARE SHORT, but during the upcoming debate over the performing arts centre, it is important to remember back to 2015. The context this time [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Searching for a parking spot in the asphalt jungle

January 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME obsessing over downtown parking rates but that’s only half the issue. The other half is parking spaces and how to find them. We’ll all agree that [Continue]

BEPPLE – City can’t have its cake and eat it too on downtown parking

January 16, 2019 // 3 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: This column has been corrected to now state that those opposing the motion to repeal the increase to parking rates were Mayor Christian, Coun. Hunter and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – There should be a lot of red faces over downtown parking rates

January 14, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CITY HALL SHOULD BE thoroughly embarrassed about the screw-up over downtown parking rates. As I mentioned earlier, an increase in rates came [Continue]

EDITORIAL – How come parking rate increases suddenly make sense?

January 2, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HAPPY NEW YEAR, especially to anyone wanting to park in downtown Kamloops. In keeping with the spirit of the season, the City has increased [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Densification, parking issues are realities in downtown core

December 3, 2018 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IN THIS INCREASINGLY NOISY WORLD, it’s getting harder to listen. We’re so busy, and so ready to be skeptical, that we often don’t [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – How 107 downtown employees scored $55,000 parking stalls

January 20, 2018 // 3 Comments

Meanwhile, our very own ‘backbench cheerleader” squares off with BC Green party leader Andrew Weaver on ‘bringing down the government’ ITEM: City of [Continue]

PARKING – 17 stalls shifted from public to reserved parking at KDN lot

January 15, 2018 // 5 Comments

The City’s new parking lot on the former Kamloops Daily News site now has fewer stalls available to shoppers and more available to pass holders, and every one of the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – No, Coun. Denis Walsh has not gone stark, raving mad on parking

November 14, 2017 // 10 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. POLITICS is an interesting business — one day you’re a hero, the next you’re a bum. If Coun. Denis Walsh didn’t [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Using the last word on semi-automatic rifles and parking

November 13, 2017 // 10 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE OF THE great things about this job is having the last word. Today, I’m going to use it twice. First, quite a few gun [Continue]