Updates on Illegal car parking

Update by Nicola

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:09:36 +0100

Blind and partially sighted peoples needs are taken into consideration when these schemes are developed. The number of cars in Birmingham has become ridiculous and unsustainable. Some drivers are very selfish and think they have the right to drive and park wherever they like and stuff everybody else . This has to change.
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Update by Ian

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:02:49 +0100

The railings would only transfer the inconvenience of motorists, to pedestrians. There is an unfortunate culture in the UK that vehicle drivers have, wrongly believing that they have a right to drive, and thus park... The shared space schemes I've seen only allow parking in specially designated bays. A vehicle is a large obstruction to those wishing to walk, and railings are an even bigger hindrance to pedestrians - thus many jump over them, risking falling into the path of a vehicle... The stick (parking tickets) should come after the carrot, making people realise that the street is better when nobody, including themselves, parks... Ideally these drivers will make more use of walking and cycling to access their destinations in the future - with slower urban traffic speeds making it safer to do this. Cycling is already often the quickest way to access a destination, but people still use their cars, due to the speed of themselves and others when they drive...
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Update by anonymous

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:35:56 +0100

Having just reviewed the "shared spaces" website link Nicola provides, I fail to see how it will address the problem of illegal parking. Does anyone know if it has any impact on this? Removing kerbs (if this is one of the measures that would be put in place)actually seems like a way to increase parking problems, not reduce them. I'm also concerned that removing boundaries such as kerbs and rails is likely to have a negative impact on blind pedestrians - I know that blind and partially sighted people do use this road regularly.
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Update by Nicola

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:49:07 +0100

Trees or plants would be fine but ugly metal railings force pedestrians to walk further to cross the road and encourages cars to drive faster. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_space Shared Space will hopefully be coming to Moseley in the future
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Update by anonymous

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:09:40 +0100

I think railings would help - at the moment cars park on the pavement and stop prams and wheelchairs getting through. Or if not railings, planting trees or even putting some tubs of plants at the edge of the pavement would help.
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Update by Nicola

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:07:54 +0100

Installing railings is not the solution. keep Moseley streets naked!
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