Parking permits penalising pollutants

DoaM

AdrianC wrote: »

...in a borough where the average flat costs £400k, the average property of all types £545k, and the average semi £670k.

Is that the "if you can afford to live there, you can afford to pay it" comment?

AdrianC

DoaM wrote: »

Is that the "if you can afford to live there, you can afford to pay it" comment?

I leave interpretation in the eye of the reader.

I didn't even mention the excellent public transport availability, nor all the "car club" short-term-rental locations.

DoaM

AdrianC wrote: »

I leave interpretation in the eye of the reader.

Translation - yes, you're right but I don't want to admit it.

Is there any other reason than this for the final line of that post? For a post about parking, vehicle emissions and vehicle values, a comment about house prices is otherwise irrelevant.

AdrianC

DoaM wrote: »

Is there any other reason than this for the final line of that post? For a post about parking, vehicle emissions and vehicle values, a comment about house prices is otherwise irrelevant.

Do you disagree that it provides some context for...

Markocam wrote: »

Yes, I may be able to afford the extra charges, but many will find it compromises their car ownership. Hybrid and Electric cars are out of many people's price bracket
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Anyway, my point was more about penalising the few. An appropriate levy on all diesel and petrol vehicle owners rather than the few would be fairer perhaps.

DoaM

Tenuous ... and smacks of "green-eyed monster" syndrome.

AdrianC

Why on earth would I be jealous of anybody daft enough to live in London? I escaped the M25 for civilisation some years ago...

Frozen_up_north

The next step is to follow Japan and ban on-street parking overnight... you also need to provide evidence of having somewhere to park before purchasing a vehicle in some cities. Solves the impossible problem of trying to provide thousands of charging points for electric cars too.

Some info here:
https://www.reinventingparking.org/2014/06/japans-proof-of-parking-rule-has.html?m=1

Nasqueron

In my (limited) experience when councils have decided to do something like this, the "consultation" is little more than a box ticking exercise. Birmingham did it with the 20mph zones, the letter/pack they sent us about whether to implement it was emblazoned with the logos of the "20 is plenty" charity on the same line as the council logo - it was obvious they had already decided to do it. They did the same with the new bike lanes into the city, I did the feedback on that and suggested a few ways to make it less anti-car to reduce the animosity towards cyclists and they seem to have just stuck with their original plan anyway