Should we paint mobility parks blue? Apparently it deters those who shouldn’t be parking there… What do you think?

Research undertaken by the disability support service found that 55 per cent of people using mobility parking spaces with the existing yellow markings were doing so illegally.

After being painted blue with yellow markings, the misuse dropped to 51 per cent after three months and 42 per cent after six months, according to Research NZ, which monitored the parks.

During the same six-month period, those parking legally in the spaces increased from 40 per cent to 52 per cent.

Mobility Parking Permit Scheme manager Peter Wilson said the research was encouraging.
“This study shows that increased visibility affects the rate of misuse and genuine mobility parking users benefit from the freed-up spaces.”

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