Every day, twice a day, parking chaos explodes on a particular stretch of Franklin Street in East Vancouver. (Maryse Zeidler/CBC)The parking problem occasionally leads to skirmishes, leaving many in the area feeling intimidated by the longshoremen. Parking mayhem in East Vancouver1:00'Spectator sport'After a particularly close call nearly getting hit by a car last summer, Buchmann phoned the city to complain. "I don't feel like the longshoremen parking in the street should be cause for me to lose my life, or anyone else's for that matter," she said. But for residents like Carmen Buchmann, trying to get to the gym every other day, the parking problem points to a bigger issue with the city.

Source: CBC News December 02, 2017 15:56 UTC