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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. 😊
absurdbird
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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.