Pavement parking Ban

[vetran]

Motorists parking on pavements could be fined £70 | Gloucester Citizen

Motorists could be fined £70 if they park on the pavement under a proposed ban aiming to make streets safer.

Government ministers are facing a total ban on kerb parking in England.

Parking on the pavement has been illegal in London for more than 40 years, and the government is considering extending the same system to the rest of the country.

hmm that would work well, imagine London & the South East with no pavement parking most new estates would be gridlocked.

[original PM]

Motorists parking on pavements could be fined £70 | Gloucester Citizen



hmm that would work well, imagine London & the South East with no pavement parking most new estates would be gridlocked.

well - if they actually built decent size roads then it would be fine - but most of the new estates with their identikit boxes have roads which actually only just fit 2 cars down...

Will never happen as it will cost too much to enforce it!

[DimPrawn]

There's a few roads in a housing estate that was built about 7 years ago, where the roads are so narrow that if anyone parks outside their house, the remaining gap on the other side is so narrow, a single decker bus has great difficulty getting through.

How the developers get away with this is mind boggling. This isn't some side street it's the main road through the housing estate. Council planners and house builder companies should be first against the wall come the revolution.

[original PM]

There's a few roads in a housing estate that was built about 7 years ago, where the roads are so narrow that if anyone parks outside their house, the remaining gap on the other side is so narrow, a single decker bus has great difficulty getting through.

How the developers get away with this is mind boggling. This isn't some side street it's the main road through the housing estate. Council planners and house builder companies should be first against the wall come the revolution.

Indeed - cannot sell roads to people so better to cram in more little boxes which you can sell.

[WTFH]

I blame Korbyn.

[BrilloPad]

well - if they actually built decent size roads then it would be fine - but most of the new estates with their identikit boxes have roads which actually only just fit 2 cars down...

Will never happen as it will cost too much to enforce it!

That was partly to save costs. And partly to force people away from cars.

No-one needs a car inside the congestion zone, arguably it is little needed inside North/Sarf circ.

Why does the congestion zone has a resident discount ? They should pay ten times the cost.

[xoggoth]

Central rules on this are utterly absurd, it is something that needs to be devolved to local councils who can take account of local issues.

We have a brickworks down our road and, unless people park slightly on the pavement, the lorries could not get through.

[BrilloPad]

Central rules on this are utterly absurd, it is something that needs to be devolved to local councils who can take account of local issues.

We have a brickworks down our road and, unless people park slightly on the pavement, the lorries could not get through.

You think the proles should say in how their lives are run?

If only it would happen....

[DimPrawn]

The idea that a bus service can replace cars is totally ridiculous outside of large cities where people live and work in the same city.

For instance, often you need to get a bus from the area you live into the centre of your town, then change and get a bus to the centre of the next town, then get a bus from the centre of that town to the industrial/office park of that town where you are working. Each bus has it's own variable timetable and often with different bus companies. The bus itself might meander through lots of housing estates and the total journey time of a 20 mile journey could be 2 hours plus. In a car that might be 30 mins door to door including traffic.

[xoggoth]

Buses? If you live in the many villages like ours you only have a bus every two hours at best.

Also some pavements have been designed for parking on. On the other side of my road they are wide enough for a car and still provide ample room for pedestrians and the pavement/kerb/road are on the same level.