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Down memory lane
As the BPA approaches its birthday landmark of September, Parking News pays tribute to a man who has worked tirelessly to put parking at the forefront of local government policy, and the BPA on the map as an infl uential trade body
A DRIVING FORCE Taking matters into his own hands… the double parking space in Gloucestershire Crossing the line
One parish councillor, fed up with neighbours parking outside his house, has taken matters into his own hands and painted his own yellow lines to dissuade other motorists. Paul Syrett, who
sits on Woodchester Parish Council, in Gloucestershire, marked
out two parking bays outside his house. While the lines have
no legal meaning, Gloucestershire Highways department has said that it is not going to take the matter any further because it is a waste of tax- payers money. A spokesperson
for Gloucestershire
Highways Chris Riley, said: ‘We have advised him that the lines are not backed up by any legal order and are not, therefore, enforceable.’ Syrett has attracted
the wrath of neighbours with the lines, but said: ‘T e lines in question were marked to denote our private land and to secure our parking.’
THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE Civil enforcement offi cers (CEOs) in the UK may soon be doubling up on dog litter patrols and community safety duties, but in the USA the government is going one step further and engaging CEOs in the fi ght against terror. As part of a government initiative, parking attendants are being trained to spot suspicious behaviour, report unusual activity and generally become the fi rst line in the national defence.
The First Observer programme was introduced to parking lot professionals at a Las Vegas, Nevada, convention in May, days after a vendor in New York’s Times Square spotted a suspicious vehicle and helped thwart what could have
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been a deadly terrorist attack. ‘No matter how banal it seems, if something seems suspicious, we want you to report it,’ said former CIA agent Jeff Beatty.
Beatty led the First Observer programme’s pilot training session. He and a team of transportation security administration offi cials trained more than 60 parking lot offi cials on how to spot suspicious vehicles carrying hazardous materials, or other activity that may signal the planning phases of a terrorist attack.
So the next time you pull into a parking garage in America and the attendant gives you the once-over, he or she may be taking note of more than just your shiny new car.
Ron Frampton arrived in Oxford 1961 to work in a special projects unit as chief assistant engineer, then as deputy city engineer. During that time he helped introduce the Balanced Transport Project, which sought to balance the provision of cars, public transport, cycling and walking in the city. The scheme aimed to cut congestion, reduce pollution and accidents and maintain a sustainable distribution of transport benefi ts for all. From the scheme, the fi rst park and ride operation came into being in 1973 – and Oxford was hailed as the focal point for transport and parking policy in southern England. Frampton was introduced to the BPA in 1971 and elected onto the council in 1973. He retired 25 years later and currently holds the record for the most years served on the BPA Executive Council. He was president from 1981 to 1983, having served as vice-chairman between 1977 and 1980, and served on many other committees. Frampton was a founder of the Ernest Davies award and a judge on the panel until 2001. He was also extensively published, with many technical papers to his name. Speaking
in 2007, as he celebrated his 90th birthday, Frampton said: ‘Parking is top of the transport agenda today. The BPA is a strong body representing it with talented people working in it.’
It is fair to say that the BPA is strong today because of the foundations laid by Ron Frampton and the early BPA pioneers.
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