http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: More parking fines issued in Edinburgh than any other Scottish city en Thu, 21 May 2026 15:06:58 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18436#post-268754 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 14:47:09 +0000 gibbo 268754@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@nedd1e_h</p> <p><em>Headline should be, "Parking fines too low to be a deterrent in Edinburgh" </em></p> <p>Or maybe just need more wardens?</p> <p>It could be that low % chance of being ticketed is leading to drivers risking illegal parking. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18436#post-268741 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 14:15:17 +0000 neddie 268741@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Headline should be, "Parking fines too low to be a deterrent in Edinburgh" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18436#post-268738 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 14:07:59 +0000 Stickman 268738@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was Nick "war on the motorist" Cook not available to give his usual soundbite about the poor hard-pressed car owner? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18436#post-268735 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 14:04:17 +0000 paddyirish 268735@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>but still not enough! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18436#post-268733 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 14:02:23 +0000 crowriver 268733@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>EEN article in full here so you don't have to rise to the clickbait.</p> <p>---</p> <p>A new report has found that more parking fines were issued in Edinburgh than any other Scottish city.</p> <p>Support our Christmas campaign to make Edinburgh the Capital of Kindness - Sign up HERE</p> <p>Wardens have slapped motorists in Edinburgh with £60 penalty charge notices 500 times a day on average.</p> <p>Enforcement officers put 58,994 tickets on motorists’ vehicles in the Capital between July and September this year, amounting to 641 every day.</p> <p>The number of fines in Edinburgh accounted for more than half (65 per cent) of all fines issued in Scotland and generated revenue of more than £2.3 million.</p> <p>The Capital’s George street was deemed to be the ‘hot spot’ for fines,</p> <p>Steve Gooding, director of the RAC Foundation, said: “Providing and managing the space for us to park our cars is not a cost-free activity for councils, but controlling those costs is clearly important.”</p> <p>1. Edinburgh: 58,994</p> <p>2. Glasgow: 33,693</p> <p>3. Aberdeen: 10,170</p> <p>4. Fife: 5698</p> <p>5. Dundee: 4,910</p> <p>6. Stirling: 2,893</p> <p>7. Inverclyde: 1,966</p> <p>8. Argyle and Bute: 1,789</p> <p>9. Refrewshire: 1,556</p> <p>10. East Ayrshire: 1,471</p> <p>---</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/more-parking-fines-issued-in-edinburgh-than-any-other-scottish-city-1-4631372" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/more-parking-fines-issued-in-edinburgh-than-any-other-scottish-city-1-4631372</a> </p>