Downtown parking

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]