The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10
Man on the Street



Shoppers say finding place
to park bigger problem than
driving through the traffic of
their business and shopping
districts
Princeton, New Jersey -AcroS:
the nation today, many loca
chambers of commerce, merchant
associations, planning commits
sions, police chiefs and their traf-
fic squads are working on the
problems of getting traffic to
move quickly through their bust
ness and shopping districts and
getting incoming cars parked
quickly. All of them realize full
well that the town or city that
makes il easy for prospective
shoppers to move easily to and
through their shopping districts
and TO find easy parking is a
community that will attract more
shoppers and business, the end
result being o money and
Jobs for that community.
In an effort TO help local
groups solve their parking and
traffic problems, Princeton Re-
search Service has been making
public opinion studies to deter
mine how people who use cars
TO get to the places where they
do most of their shopping feel
on the matter of traffic and
parking.
In today's column, Man on the
Street will report what some re-
cent studies made by Princeton
Research Service show.
Survey results reveal that a
majority of all those who use
their Ears to get to their shop
ping districts say that finding a
place to park is a bigger prob
lem. In other words, among peo-
pie with opinions on the matter,
those who say that finding a
place to park is the bigger prob
lem outnumber by a margin of
better than two and a half to
one those who say driving thru
the traffic is the bigger problem.
When Princeton Research Ser
vice trained reporters put this
question to people in all walks
of life who use their carr to get
to their shopping districts:
which would you say Is the
bigger problem 70 yOu - find
ing = place to park Or driving
through the traffic?"
These were the results:
Finding place to park 80. $50
Driving thru the traffic 49, 22%
Both about the same ----- 1870
Neither a problem ----- 40
Highlight of today's survey
findings is that both men and
women who say they S cars
to get to their shopping areas
agree in saying that finding a
place to park is a bigger prob
lem than driving through the
traffic.
Here's the way men and wo-
men feel on the matter:
Men Women
Parking bigger problem $3.50 500
Driving through
traffic bigger ------- 22% 2l%
Both about the same 1870 17%
Neither a problem ------- 40 40
Worthy of particular mention,
too, is that people living in the
town where their shopping area
is located and those living in
communities outside the town
where they shop say that finding
a place to park is a bigger prob
lem than driving through the
traffic.
Mote: First column denotes
people living in town where they
shop and End column of figures
are people living outside the
town where they shop):
Parking bigger problem 59% $3.50
Driving through
traffic bigger -.--....-.-. 1870 2l%
Both about the same -. 1870 1870
Neither a problem .----- 2% ia :
Today's findings point up the !
need for communities to make
every effort to solve their park !
ing problems. Merchants in bust :
ness and shopping e that
make progress in making it easier !
for their potential customers to l
find parking places should pros !
per at the expense of those COM
munities that fail TO make park l
ing easier. l
This is one of a series of studies '
by Princeton Research Service to /
lelp local officials, chambers of $
commerce, merchant groups, ETC., )
the problems Of their grow !
ng communities. l
Watch for them in this news y
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