One more thing to add to my list of things I do not enjoy...

Insufficient Parking Lots

One of my pet peeves is waiting (or circling) a parking lot waiting for a lot to become available. I just hate it. Singaporeans love to complain about how expensive it is to own a car. But it seems to me everyone and everyone's brother,sister and mother has a car. And they always seem to want to park in the same places I want to park.

For example yesterday, I was caught at East Coast Park trying in vain to find a spot near the food centre. It was really packed! Literally bumper-to-bumper traffic! In the end I had to drive around to near where the chalets were to find a lot. Although it was also rather packed there as well, at least it was not bumper-to-bumper like at the food centre area.

Then it was dinner time. We drove over to Bedok Central for dinner. Once more it was packed with cars all with the singular purpose of finding alot. We waited nearly 20 minutes I think for a lot to become available. It was only when a kindly gentleman pointed out to us a lot that we were able to get one.

Which brings me to my solution. No point whining and bitching about something if I have no idea how to make it better. My solution? Build more multi-storey car parks. That seems to be the only way pass this problem. That is what they are doing on Sentosa Island toease the parking woes there. And the government can do the same for all popular spots such as East Coast and major satellite town centres. Of course that may make car ownership more enticing which would be detrimental to their efforts to encourage public transportation...