Legalised Parking on the pavement

[Linford]

[QUOTE 1912800, member: 45"]Go and do one of your ratio things and find out how many of those residents chose to live there....[/quote]

I would actually say a fair few consciously have made that choice.

 

[snorri]

I would actually say a fair few consciously have made that choice.

It's just amazing the conclusions one can draw from a single Streetview picture.

 

[Linford]

It just might, but few would be able to pay it anyway, which is why I referred to it as a "hefty" charge back on Post 57 of this thread.

And then we go back to the thing about discriminating against people who see a car as a status symbol and feel a requirement as a statutory one which needs to be satisfied.

 

[Linford]

It's just amazing the conclusions one can draw from a single Streetview picture.

I drove down there the other day as I was visiting one of the neighbouring streets (which was actually laid out in exactly the same way) There were more working vehicles there then, but it was evening time.

 

[snorri]

And then we go back to the thing about discriminating against people who see a car as a status symbol and feel a requirement as a statutory one which needs to be satisfied.

Eh?

 

[Linford]

Eh?

The working vehicles are almost all taxi and private hire cars and vans, and the owners live here because it is the centre of their community, place of prayer is on the doorsetp, as is the location of the specialist food marts, schooling to cater specifically for religious teaching etc etc.
The demography of the area is the same as is being discussed in another thread now in this section and clarified specifically in this particular post - The yawning gulf between cyclists and non-cyclists.

Ride a cycle in this area and you are considered to be impoverished, and car ownership is something to aspire to and take pride in.

 

[Andy_R]

You just dont get it, do you? Whilst parking their cars on the footpath, they are motorists. Causing an obstruction for pedestrians.

 

[ufkacbln]

Is a three seater settee a necessity?

 

[gambatte]

Is a three seater settee a necessity?

Its zero emisssion, but try parking it on the road....

 

[Andy_R]

Its zero emisssion, but try parking it on the road....

The council would come down on you like a ton of bricks for inconveniencing motorists

 

[Andy_R]

You'd probably be made to park it on the footpath instead

 

[srw]

And then we go back to the thing about discriminating against people who see a car as a status symbol and feel a requirement as a statutory one which needs to be satisfied.

Which is still bollocks.

Some councils have bitten the bullet. Our flat is in a block of 11. 6 flats have on-site parking. The others fight for residents-only on-street parking. For which there is a waiting list.

The flat is on an A-road through a large market town.

 

[Andy_R]

The majority of people living down there traditionally have very large families, once the kids grow up, they may continue living with their parents for many years afterwards due to the pressures on affordable housing. It is what you might class as deprived area.

I would actually say a fair few consciously have made that choice.

Come on Linford, make your mind up.....forced to live there or choose to live there.....

 

[PK99]

Which is still bollocks.

Some councils have bitten the bullet. Our flat is in a block of 11. 6 flats have on-site parking. The others fight for residents-only on-street parking. For which there is a waiting list.

The flat is on an A-road through a large market town.

Built since 2001? ie when Prescott introduced a limit on numbers of parking spaces for new developments?

 

[ufkacbln]

Its zero emisssion, but try parking it on the road....

Which is the point exactly..... you don't buy a sofa then make demands that you have to be provided with somewhere to put it!