Citywide Parking Review omits Bakers Bottom (From The Argus)
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Citywide Parking Review omits Bakers Bottom
9:29am Tuesday 4th October 2011 in News
Today's Council meeting of the Cabinet Member for Transport & Public Realm will consider the Citywide Parking Review. In particular, immediate action to address the most urgent areas of parking demand in the city will follow a timetable for the work to completed by early 2015.
One of the four areas identified is Canning Street: it may become part of Area H. It is considered to be one of the highest priority for consultation on the grounds of parking demand, conflict and road safety.
A resident-led petition was done a couple of years ago about the problems parking their cars outside their front doors. The petition asked to be joined up to Area H.
The adjoining streets (Hendon, Bute and Rochester: collectively known as Bakers Bottom) are not to be included in the urgent review. There is no difference between Canning St and the adjoining streets in terms of parking demand, conflict and road safety.
The residents have consistently resisted controlled parking, partly because it is not clear to which Zone residents could be attached (C, U or H) as they border all three Zones. It is not clear how the residents in all of those Zones would to consulted if a proposal to amalgamate with other streets were to be considered.
Hove Actually says...
10:11am Tue 4 Oct 11
It would be more truthful if they just charges everyone £110 per year as a fine for daring to own a car, had resident parking BETWEEN the hours of 5pm and 8am (this would co-inside with when people actually want to park near their homes) enforced the bus lanes during peak periods, a system that works well in our capitol city which is far more congested than Brighton.
Got on a built a proper park & ride north of the city with a fast transit system into the centre