CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 16years old!
Well done to ALL posters
It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
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The RAC Foundation motoring group, which published the figures today, said drivers wanted “understandable rules and fair enforcement”.
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http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/city-s-parking-profits-soar-to-19-3m-1-4412816
Of course there is a difference between "understandable rules" and understanding the rules! (Obeying them too..)
Perhaps the RAC is planning to run a 'stick to the rules' campaign.
Think I'll avoid the comments.
If some drivers don't understand the rules, are they fit to be on the road. I have been driving for more than 30 years and have no points and never had a parking ticket. This is because I can read and am able to understand the rules :)
THe rules are fairly easy
You can't park where you want to unless you pay for it (except that bit at the leamington lift bridge that is becoming a free car park)
Applies Mon-Sat daytime ish
If you break the rules you are likely to be fined. Harsh if you were just returning to feed the meter etc.
THough in some circumstances you can appeal.
Can be avoided by walking, cycling, taking the bus, park and ride or paying for a multi-storey. All options other people use. Why don't you? What is so special about you?
Even my folks (both pensioners in their mid-70s) will regularly eschew the use of their car and take the bus when they're heading into Edinburgh from Dalkeith.
They enjoy not having the stress of driving on congested roads, not having to find somewhere to park, not having to PAY to park, and being able to jump on and off the buses to criss-cross the city if they need to get to diverse locations (no need to return to the car, drive more, find another space, pay for more parking etc).
If they can do it (Dad's hip causes him quite a bit of pain sometimes when he's walking, and Mum has Alzheimers), then many more (possibly younger and fitter) drivers can do the same and leave the car to 'avoid' those parking fees the council is "raking" in.
"The figures also showed Scottish councils’ total parking profits were £40m, but half of the 32 local authorities saw levels fall, or made a loss.
East Dunbartonshire lost the most - £500,000 - compared to £330,000 the previous year."
In other words, these councils (and by extension council tax payers) are subsidising parking. If I were a non-driving resident in East Dunbartonshire, I'd be hopping mad!
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However, that changed with the passage of the Scotland Act a year ago, and transport minister Humza Yousaf has now acted on the Scottish Government’s pledge, to “progress this important matter”.
It is due to form part of a wide-ranging transport bill which ministers are expected to introduced this autumn.
As a precursor, they have launched a consultation until the end of June, which contains fascinating details about how complicated the subject is.
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A mere £19m. Pffft!
Amsterdam charges up to €5 ($5.30) an hour for parking on the street. Visitors can also park underneath office buildings or in large, clean park-and-ride garages run by the city. Drivers thus have many choices and the city raises a lot of money—€190m in 2015.
So complicated in Scotland because the petrochemical industry is able to nobble spineless politicians? Whereas Shell an Anglo Dutch company cannot impact of the city politicians in Amsterdam who have some guts?
I'm sure it's been mentioned before but does this "profit" include all costs or just the day to day running costs? If the cost of surfacing and maintaining the spaces is included it might look less favourable. Especially if all CEC spaces are included wether paid or free.
@acsimpson
You could also include in that cost the maintenance of the access roads to those spaces, which otherwise could be a lot smaller, a lot fewer traffic lights, etc. if those spaces were not there.
Then how would the profits look?
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