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\"Interview
\nThe seventh interview of The Impervious P-lot<\/em> was with Allison Riddle, federal employee. We spoke with her because she regularly uses the sublevel parking of the grey government buildings in Hull. Sitting with us inside her car in the dark, fluorescent-lit lot, Riddle told us she takes the bus to work except on days when it’s rainy or snowy, when she’s slept in, or when she has errands to run or friends to meet after work. In those cases she’ll drive, which she tries not to do more than twice a week. <\/p>\n

In answer to our question about whether or not she enjoys anything about parking, she said:
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\nIt’s all about convenience. It really is. I mean there’s guilt of spending money I shouldn’t be spending and there’s guilt of, frankly, polluting the environment by driving to work. It’s a guilty indulgence, I would say, because there are other ways for me to get to work. There are other ways for, I bet, a lot of people who drove today to get to work. They didn’t need to drive their own vehicle. It’s all about convenience.<\/em><\/p>\n

Later Riddle told us that if the parking lot wasn’t so close to the building — wasn’t located inside the very building she works in — she probably would drive to work less frequently. This reminded me of what Marc Dubé said in our previous interview<\/a>, about parking lots that don’t succeed because they’re too far away. <\/p>\n

Although most of Riddle’s colleagues complain about cost of parking, cost doesn’t seem to be a factor in preventing them from driving; not even the inconvenience of purchasing a monthly parking pass (which apparently involves long early-morning queues) deters them from using their cars. This leads me to wonder, if there were fewer lots nearby the government buildings, would there be fewer people driving to work? Is accessibility to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153convenient\u00e2\u20ac\u009d parking the key to reducing the number of cars on the road?
\n\"Parking
\nOf all that Riddle said during our interview with her, what made the greatest impression on me was her perception of Hull, which differs seriously from ours. The project The Impervious P-lot <\/em>was initiated after a few of us moved to Hull for several months. We lived surrounded by parking lots. Riddle’s view is formed by her experience as a commuter. She and her colleagues line up to buy monthly parking passes, share tips on cheap lots, and drive around in circles to find an empty space. While The Impervious P-lot<\/em> was inspired by the too high concentration of parking lots within a small area of Hull, Riddle thinks that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153there’s very limited parking here.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n

Amber Yared is one among a group of artists, writers, educators, and architects working on The Impervious P-lot, a Hull-based CUP<\/a> project about parking lots and what they do besides store cars. She will be posting her findings on the Spacing Wire as the project progresses.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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