PARKEX2013 REVIEW
gave one of the best answers of the day when explaining the benefi ts of
ANPR. ‘If it was a certainty that a motorist would get a penalty because of ANPR, then the local authority would soon get 100 per cent compliance, which is the aim of the TMA. The lost revenue from PCNs would be balanced by the 100 per cent parking payments the car parks are receiving.’ Peter Lowe of RTA Associates said that local authorities should question why ticketing hot spots occurred. ‘If you have a ticketing hot-spot, then the restrictions are wrong and should be looked at.’ Simon Morgan of Buchanan Computing had a different take: ‘If you have technology that can penalise for anything that is an infringement – no matter how minor – then it is being mis-used. If you are asking people to predict ‘exactly’ when they will return to their car and then they are penalised for being just seconds late, then I believe that is wrong. It is defi nitely not a case of technology being used to help the motorist.’ Lynn Witham of Parking Associates reminded delegates that under the Traffi c Management Act, ‘reasonable’ and ‘proportionality’ are watchwords, and people should not be penalised if they misunderstood a sign or notice. Panel chair John McArdle asked: ‘How can parking controls infl uence people’s behaviour? NSL’s Jon Little said that he
Views on Parkex More
joined-up ban on activities
nationally DAN
SKIPWORTH- MICHELL
Introduce a blanket ban on
pavement parking PETER LOWE
Consistency
in regulations LYNN WITHAM
26 MAY 2013
Mark for exceptional circumstances, rather than the rule. This will reduce
the amount of street furniture JON LITTLE
www.britishparking.co.uk Isobel Beetham Chris Charlton
believed that parking controls are the best ways to reduce congestion, improve the appearance of the local environment and keep traffi c moving. He added that in the discussion regarding town centres there were often very muddled messages being fed back. ‘The butcher, the baker, they all want a nice town centre that appeals to visitors, but they also want spaces for their customers to park – you can’t have them both. If you control parking then you can convince people to use smart ways to travel, public transport, bicycles or walking – leading to reduced air pollution and a more attractive space. Peter Lowe added that park and ride was
often an under-used resource. ‘In Chester, people would rather pay £3.40 to park in town rather than pay £1 and walk a small distance to use the bus.’ Dan Skipworth-Michell of Green P used his experience from working within the parking market in Saudi Arabia to illustrate that, in comparison to many other countries, the UK actually has a parking structure in place.
However, ‘Once you start directing people where to park, then they get a sense of entitlement. Residents are asking for parking zones outside their homes, because people will park in front of their houses if there is no control in place. This is totally against the commonly-held belief that no one person should ‘own’ roadspace.’
Force
local authorities to all follow the same
regulations LUKE HARDING
Amend the
Traffi c Management Act so that no crossover
can be parked across SIMON MORGAN
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