COMPLAINS * Australia - Parked cars turning buses into snails

Tens of thousands of commuters are enduring slow bus trips through the city centre despite a decade-long campaign to remove kerbside parking and allow mass transit-style bus lanes

Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -The Sydney Morning Herald -12 Nov 2007: -- ... The State Government, transport planners and the bus drivers' union all say faster bus trips would be possible along major arteries such as Clarence, York and Elizabeth streets if not for street parking... They blame the City of Sydney council's reluctance to remove parking as one of the stumbling blocks to reconfiguring city streets for swifter bus services... In the past four years, the council has collected more than $99 million from parking meters and enforcement fines... On Elizabeth Street, State Transit says parking causes obstacles to 167 buses every day, delaying the journeys of 4600 people... (Picture: BigLorryBlog - Oct/07)