Where Does Sandara Park?

The MMDA recently issued new rules inside our village regarding parking to curb the worsening problem of congestion along our streets. Mind you, the congestion is not because of the volume of traffic along the roads of our humble subdivision. But it is because of all of those parked cars along the streets that have practically made driving a strategy game, especially when there is another car approaching you from the opposite direction. And yeah, those smartly-placed humps add to the difficulty level.

There is something we have in common with people in the US. That people do not park their cars in the garages. I have observed while I was in the US that the garage usually contains all the junk of the house and becomes the workstation during the weekends. With the garage practically filled up, they choose to park their cars along their driveways.

And there lies the major difference. We do not have driveways here. Heck, we do not even have sidewalks here so what driveway can you expect from those realty developers? And for whatever reason, people prefer not to use their garages for parking. Even my parents are guilty of this. They build a garage fit for 4 cars, and when you pay a visit to their house, chances are you would only get to see one car in the garage, and the other two are parked outside, right in front of their house. Their pet bullbog makes the vacant portion of the garage her playgound. How spoiled.

So as of now, this sort of experimental parking rule is in effect in our village. People can only park their cars using one side of the street. Leave the other side of the road empty to prevent congestion.

Pretty soon, this parking rule, if proven to be effective and implementable, would also be applied to other subdivisions in Pasig. And when it reaches the village where my parents reside, they may have to decide to move over their pet bulldog back to the front yard, the back yard, or the lanai.