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I'm further down Green Lanes, in the Harringay area, but it's the same here. It's absolutely vital that parking is allowed on the main road because if people had to walk more than 5 feet to the restaurant/shop then they just wouldn't bother and the whole high street would be a desolate wasteland. Given the number of traders compared to residents they appear to have an inordinately loud voice.
The lib dems even had that as a manifesto point in the latest local elections http://haringeylibdems.mycouncillor.org.uk/2014/02/24/lib-dems-free-high-street-parking-petition-handed-in-ahead-of-budget-meeting/
(When I asked for empirical evidence they responded with a couple of local newspaper articles about how a butcher/baker/candlestick maker was struggling after parking restrictions changed.)
To be fair though, there are only two tube stations, three bus routes (plus another dozen on the outskirts) and three overground stations in the area so I can see why driving is so necessary.