Residents Parking
From:
charlie bolton
Date:
2007 Mar 16 09:06 UTC
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The problem is that car ownership is increasing. By about half a million a
year, UK-wide, which could easily translate into 1 car per street a year in
Bemmie.
We are already seeing symptoms of this (bollards, opposition to new
developments, anger at vehicles which are left in one place for periods of time
). I get contacted by people with health problems, with children, or who are
just unhappy/fearful at the thought of having to walk several streets from car
to home at night.
I see no evidence that the trend to increase car ownership is stopping or
reversing.
So what happens when the area is full - or over-full? (I have visions of a
parking version of road rage)
And what do you want your streets to be - car parks - or something more?
Doing nothing and hoping for public transport - well, it is one way - but
progress on Bristol having decent public transport is painfully slow and will
cost huge amounts of money not currently available.
Residents parking is the only thing I have come across which would be a method
to physically limit the levels of car ownership in the area.
It would address commuter parking. It would address shopper/night out parking
(unpopular with the streets around North St - which would then be a problem for
the traders). It gives people a better chance of parking near to their homes.
It might address problems with people parking too close to the ends of streets
(which in itself may prove unpopular, because it may reduce the number of
spaces available).
The biggest downside, of course, will be the fact that it will cost money.
Charlie Bolton
Green Party Councillor
Southville
>>> "Emma" <<email obscured>> 15/03/07 17:42 >>>
Personally against Residents Parking Schemes, please no more Council
bureaucracy - let's use our energy, and the energy, funds and employees the
Council would have used for such a scheme, to come up with a properly
sustainable and sensible public transport service.
Rather than beat people with a stick, let's engage people humourously and
creatively to explore public transport options, pedestrianisation options, and
so on - instead of green-washing us with the Green Capital non-happening, why
not start small and Bristol aim to become the exemplar modern city in Britain
for community and public MOBILITY (rather than 'transport') - get the city
active, moving & interacting more, with a multi-strand approach of some
community & public transport, more cycling, and much more walking?
Emma
Emma
Ashton, Bristol
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