40 YEARS OF THE BPA
PAST
MASTERS Malcolm Pickett was BPA president in 2004/5. He was senior research programme manager at TRL, a position from which he retired in 2005. During Pickett’s time as president, the two biggest parking issues facing the BPA were increasing technical services for members, and supporting the continued introduction of DPE across the UK. He says of his time as president: ‘It enabled me to meet a wide range of interesting people in the parking industry thoughout the UK and Europe. My most enjoyable memory was hosting the President’s Reception at the House of Commons.’
Nigel Williams was president of the BPA in 2005/6.
He considers the poor image of the parking industry as the biggest issue during his presidency, and one that has improved little since. Williams’ highlight was the President’s Dinner. This was the fi rst year it was held at Drapers Hall. Williams recalls: ‘My wife and many of my friends and colleagues were there. The speaker before me was so boring that everyone cheered when I came on to speak! I also enjoyed writing the articles in Parking News, often at midnight on the day of the deadline.’ He sees improving the image of the parking sector as a major issue still to be addressed.
38 SEPTEMBER 2010
Past presidents gather at Parkex 2010
Social trends over the last 40 years
Just as the parking industry has changed over the past 40 years, so has British society. Social Trends, the Offi ce for National Statistics’ annual survey into British life, is also in its 40th year. Its latest publication, weighing in at 243 pages, gives a picture of social change over the last four decades. T ere are more of us (61 million today compared
with 56 million in 1971) living in more houses (25.9 million up from 18.8 million) – despite that fact that we are choosing to have fewer children and to have them later. 25 per cent of 2008 babies were born to mums under 25 compared with 47 per cent in 1971. Girls born now can expect to live seven years more than those born in 1970, and boys nine years more. We also live more
fl uid and isolated lives. T e number of successful fi rst marriages has fallen precipitously and the
number of single person households, divorces, and children born outside marriage has risen steadily. Real household disposable income per head is 2.5
times more today than it was in 1970. T e gender balance in the workplace has changed.
T e proportion of ‘economically inactive’ women has fallen from 40 per cent in 1971 to 26 per cent
Only 22 per cent of the population do not have regular use of a car
today, while that of economically inactive men has risen from 5 per cent to 16.5 per cent. We are more mobile. Only 22 per cent of the
population do not have regular use of a car and households with two or more cars has risen from six per cent to 22 per cent. We holiday abroad much more often, making on
average 45 million holiday trips today compared with 6.7 million in 1971. Oh, and the prison population has more than doubled.
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