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This is becoming more of an issue now - large developments with minimal parking in inner urban areas are being presented as 'sustainable' on the basis that, "uh, well it's the centre of town so they won't need cars will they?"
Of course what happens in practice is you just get hundreds of cars cluttering up adjacent streets, or chugging to the local Waitrose.
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Not giving new properties parking demonstrably works in reducing car use.
The harder you make it to own and park a car the more likely people are to use alternative transport.
Some will park on neighbouring streets, but this will make it harder for the people living there to have cars so they might decide to use the bus.
It doesn’t matter how good public transport and cycling / walking infrastructure is, if it’s easy to drive people will drive. Google Stevenage, it has amazing cycling provision that no one uses because the roads are too good.
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My street is a particular bad example tbh.
The grass verge is almost 45 degrees and quite high, doesn't need to exist at all and would solve all the problems.
Its single file weaving left and right once all cars are home from work.
I guess when the block was built they dint expect people round here would ever afford cars. -
This is what's happened in my ends (fam). New developments in Lewisham centre (bottom of my road) have no on street parking (there's a small underground).
when the single yellows or loading bays aren't in force they're slammed. Weekends are bonkers (leisure centre too) I wonder where these cars are kept other times, the rest of the area is res permit up to Hilly Fields, people drive in from the 'burbs and get the train and park up there.
I haven't had a car on the road since June (I needed one for work) not missing it at all, has made me hate motor vehicles even more.
I've got 3 immediate neighbours with no cars, so with me too my end of the street is empty. 😊
Hahaha, no probably not.
Its mental tho. Tower block near me is 120 flats I think. 12 spots in the car park and 8 garages.....