Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
yellow lines would work on the bus route kieth.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
it wouldn't brian
as iv tried to explain
park fully on the road the bus would stop
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
kieth,double yellow lines around the bus route with enforcement would work,.no ifs or buts about it.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
even the young are joining in the bad parking scheme.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
in your opinion brian
if cars park both sides of the road all on the road
there will be NO BUS
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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if there are double yellow lines then parking is forbidden thus allowing buses and more importantly fire engines and ambulances free to do their work.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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As you know howard that's incorrect
there are few parking spaces in and around clarendon/belgrave Rd
it will not get enforced even if they were put down
and it will move the cars presently parked on the bottom of hill a little way up the hill and stop the bus
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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anarchy reigns supreme leaving the vulnerable sidelined.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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How about resident parking permits? And double yellows one side along the bus route?
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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no peter nice idea but i know what would happen.
a) people would then say "why should i pay to park outside my own home" even though they don't actually own the road?
b) if everyone did join the scheme they would have a less than 50/50 chance of getting a space.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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We have a serious problem here, that is to get worse, and we can go round the houses(excuse the pun lol)
car ownership is to increase, and probably grid lock many roads when there are so many cars on the road.
Whilst not anti car, we do need to work out, when they are not in use, where do they all go?
The clarendons was not built for the amount of cars presently on it, and to increase big time over the years, to a point of grid lock by 2022
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
car ownership is falling and will continue to fall due to the ever increasing running costs, add to that in our major cities it is quicker to get around by public transport or bicycle.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,888
The only sensible answer is to restrict and enforce parking to one side of the road with double yellow on the other side, at the same time make those with back entrances park in their rear garden if there is safe access.
The only other alternative is to hinder pedestrians using the pavement and stop he buses, fire engines etc from the narrow roads which is crazy and just not an option.
I have noticed even in my wide road there is a shortage of parking, houses having no drives but two or more cars per building plus those who work in the area parking in any available space.
We have far too many cars and nowhere for them to park in so many areas in the town.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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howard
according to the RAC car ownership has increased from 19 million(1971) to 31 million(2007)
and with present trends likely to reach between 37 million to 44 million by(2020) RAC words.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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Those in big cities like Belfast, Liverpool and London might manage without a car. Those who work unusual hours and live in an ordinary small town like Dover or those in the country with poor and expensive public transport will still be in need of several cars per family.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Farnham, where we recently spent 6 months, has a controlled parking zone throughout the town, except the centre. If your house has no off street parking you can buy an annual permit for fifty quid. This entitles you to park in all on street bays with no time limit and without buying a pay and display ticket. If you are a resident and have an off street parking place you have to pay £300 a year, also if you need one for a second car. It works well, particularly to deter the people who drive into Dover, park in the Clarendons then walk to work or off to the station, which I suspect is part of our problem here.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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just to get up to date info for april 2013 from govt
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFICT INCREASED BY 2.9%
ALL VEHICLE TYPES HAVE SHOWN AN INCREASE
CAR TRAFFIC INCREASED BY 2.3% TO 60.8 BILLION VEHICLE MILES
LIGHT GOODS INCREASE 6.1% TO 10.7 BILLION MILES
TRAFFIC VOLUMES HAVE INCREASED
MOTORWAY (4.9%) MINOR ROADS (3.6%) A ROADS (1.4%)
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Proof of growing economic activity?
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Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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Whatever happened to the proposed multi-storey car park by the station?
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