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that they should have asked to permission i will do some more digging pop round the corner onto fore street opposite the university and we find ups well up on the pavement notice the no waiting ticks on the pavement update friday 6 jan 2017 i was pleased to see that today the scaffolders have replaced the pedestrians cross the road sign with a warning men working overhead which is much more appropriate tags openreach scaffolding street works comments 4 comments categories legislation safety whole hog club author pedestrian liberation g4s the public should not have to try to resolve civic issues like this 20 jan this shouldn t happen for sure the g4s driver should not have parked in a way that treats pedestrians with such contempt and the pedestrians who challenged her should be congratulated for performing their civic duty with calm and persistent determination but why have g4s not taken steps to ensure that their staff don t park like this where is the leadership from our politicians who are meant to create appropriate laws and empower the police to act where are the police why are they not enforcing the weak laws that do exist please ask your parliamentary candidates what they intend to do about this epidemic of pavement parking which only gets worse as the number of vehicles on our roads increases year by year do also pick up the conversation on this subject on our facebook page comments 3 comments categories conflict author pedestrian liberation tell your story to the world 7 jan comments 2 comments categories media author pedestrian liberation puddles and splashes poll 26 nov a quick poll do please response in the comments section below if you have either been splashed or nearly splashed by passing vehicles when walking if you were splashed then did you think it was carelessness on the part of the motorist or possibly deliberate i was very nearly caught recently when a motorist chose to keep going even though to do so would mean that he would drive straight through a puddle right where i was standing also if you have experienced puddles that make it hard or inconvenient to cross the road the first photo below shows a problem that it would be so easy for our council to avoid why on earth does the road have to dip down just at the point where people are expected to cross why was this not tested with the dropped kerb was installed why was it not fixed with the road was resurfaced grrrr and then this one here a large puddle and a stupidly parked car to make matters worse creating significant risk of a major soaking for pedestrians including the two who are approaching ok so the questions again have you been splashed or nearly splashed by passing cars when walking do you think it was deliberate or carelessness also are there places where standing water on roads and the pavement makes it difficult for you to walk in wet weather please respond below in the comments field tags pedestrians puddles splashing water comments 15 comments categories water author pedestrian liberation think ahead think streets ahead campaign video from guide dogs 22 oct check out think ahead think streets ahead an awareness raising video from guide dogs made by young ncs graduates in king s lynn ncs describes itself as a way for 15 to 17 year olds living in england and northern ireland to make extraordinary friendships learn the skills they don t teach you in class and create unforgettable memories well done and thank you a great job do please keep at it tags advocacy guide dogs comments 2 comments categories culture disability issues author pedestrian liberation driving on the pavement 26 sep driving on the pavement is banned by the same law that bans cyclists from riding on it needless to say every car that is parked on the pavement was driven on it first but that is another story this post is about people to consider the pavement as a valid alternative to the carriageway when the road is blocked by a bin lorry traffic or other obstructions many cars evidently do this to get past bin lorries on the isle of white good to see the hampshire police at least highlighting the issue it not just a hampshire issue though here is video taken by a cyclist of a motorist doing the same thing to get past another bin lorry and a whole line of vehicles using the pavement to get past roadworks in swindon and trying to escape the traffic chaos outside a schoo l in folkstone and in bristol where a car is seen being driven along the pavement towards a pedestrian in this one the driver of a car in this one decides accelerates past a cyclist with two wheels up on the pavement even the royal mail are at it here is a van being driven some long distance along the pavement and no the hazard warning lights don t make it ok also report here of motorists driving on the pavement outside a primary school in bolton and to get pass roadworks in west london all of the above have been chosen to show what appear to be ordinary people driving on the pavement in ordinary circumstances not whilst in a rage drunk or when speeding or being chased by the police which also happens is this issue a nationally significant one have you experienced it yourself do let us know in the comments field below comments 12 comments categories driving on the pavement police author pedestrian liberation reclaiming the term road user from the motoring lobby 22 sep these banners which were proudly displayed at a fringe event at the labour conference give a clear impression that driver road user and road user driver this is totally unacceptable and marginalises all other road users this is not an isolated instance and we need to be challenge it following the success of the ipayroadtax org campaign i suggest we complain whenever we see the term being used in this way here are the banners in question comments 4 comments categories lobbying motorism author pedestrian liberation strengthing maximum parking standards by weakening them 20 sep i have just been alerted to the fact that the government is consulting on a change that would require local authorities to allow developers to provide as much parking within their developments as they wish to meet market demand with a suggestion that this would tackle the on street parking problem consultation responses need to be in by the 26th september please ensure relevant organisations are aware of this one which needs a clear response the offending text is hidden away towards the end of this long consultation document in this excellent article pickles and jam jars in local transport today subscription john dales wrote nowhere in the introduction to the consultation page five or in the scope of the relevant section two page 18 is there the slightest indication that there s anything important about parking anywhere in the document nevertheless under the section heading reducing planning regulations to support housing high streets and growth under the sub heading supporting a mixed and vibrant high street and last of all the matters listed under proposal h expanded facilities for existing retailers are buried paragraphs 2 77 and 2 78 under the sub sub sub heading maximum parking standards paragraph 2 77 begins with the superfluous statement that the government supports the motorist and ends by stating that parking standards are now a matter for local authorities paragraph 2 78 reveals at once that this a lie issuing the thinly veiled threat that the government wants to understand whether local authorities are stopping builders from providing sufficient parking space to meet market demand in this way smuggled in as being something that will somehow help retailers we find a proposal that plainly has the potential to undermine both local democracy and sensible planning as they apply to all land uses not just shops we also see in the phrase meet market demand just how doctrinaire the secretary of state is when it comes to the use of private cars here is the offending section in full highlights are my own maximum parking standards 2 77 the government supports the motorist and wants to see adequate parking provision for them for this reason we removed the previous administration s restrictions on the number of parking spaces for new developments and in march this year we published new planning guidance which encourages local authorities to improve the quality of parking in town centres and where it is necessary to ensure their vitality the quantity too parking standards are now matters for local authorities 2 78 we are aware that some local authorities appear to have adopted a more flexible approach and this is to be welcomed but the government now wishes to understand whether more action is needed to tackle on street parking problems we want to understand whether local authorities are stopping builders from providing sufficient parking space to meet market demand we also want to ensure that local authorities in their local plans have properly reviewed their parking policies and brought them up to date question 2 16 do you agree that parking policy should be strengthened to tackle on street parking problems by restricting powers to set maximum parking standards is it not a good idea to provide more on property parking i hear some people ask well not really when an area has a lot of cars then there will be a lot of commuting when there is a lot of commuting the roads get full public transport gets slower cycling and walking get less attractive and even the motorists complain when motorists finally get to the where they are going they find the car park is full and complain in addition the density of housing reduces and commutes get longer making all forms of transport more expensive and commutes longer la is a good example of where this all ends planners have known for years that this is what happens and the last conservative government accepted this in 1994 after the big road protests since then they have obviously forgotten let s remind them the alternative is denser building where places are closer together and within reach by public transport bicycle or on foot again do please make sure that all the relevant organisation are aware of this consultation and the need to rebut it by the 26th september incidentally i am also planning to look at the separate consultation as detailed in the the right to challenge parking policies a discussion paper which has a closing date of 10 october 2014 more later comments 3 comments categories legislation policy author pedestrian liberation could we redesign vehicle scrappage to meet the needs of all road users 16 sep boris johnson mayor of london has recently suggested that drivers of older diesel cars would be charged an additional 10 per day to drive in london and given a rebate of 1000 or 2000 if that scrap a dirty diesel and replace it with a new clean mode as part of a new scrappage scheme strangely on becoming mayor in 2008 he cancelled ken livingston s proposed 25 per day congestion charge for the most polluting vehicles saying i am delighted that we have been able to scrap the 25 charge which would have hit families and small businesses hardest but anyway boris will always be boris and will always be unpredictable and will always play to the camera there are too many things wrong with this scheme for it to be worth detailing them suffice to say the main winners would be car manufacturers and retailers this carrot stick proposal did however leave me wondering if the scrappage concept could be reworked to meet the needs of all road users to reduce the number of cars on gb roads and in particular to reduce the number of cars parked on our streets first the stick an annual fee of 36 10p a day would be charged for people who wish to leave their car regularly on the street overnight where safe and legal to be paid to the driver and vehicle standards agency vdsa formerly vosa annually as part vehicle excise duty the term regularly used above could be defined to mean that the vehicle was stored over night on more than five occasions on more that three separate weeks thereby excluding someone who leaves their car on the street over night once in a blue moon assuming that some 50 of 34 million vehicles owners pay the fee it would raise 600 million per year now for the carrot this 600 million would be used to incentivise people to scrap a vehicle they own paying out a modest 150 200 per vehicle to the first 3 to 4 million people who scrap a car each year dead cars are actually worth some 150 200 for scrap anyway making 300 500 in total so would be a useful sum to many people needless to say the 36 per year over night parking permit would irritate some people to get rid of their car or move it onto private property and would ensure that no one who parked on the street overnight would be able to pay 0 ved my guess is that this would work on many levels resulting in people moving their vehicle onto private property to avoid the fee people selling their vehicle to avoid the fee people scrapping old cars both to get the refund and to avoid the fee a less congested road network a huge debate about whether this is good policy or an outrageous liberty bringing many parties together who wish to see a reduction in parking pressure on our roads a way out for provide politicians who have allowed this mess to build up over the years the creation of an economic lever that prices this externality which until now been un costed demand for additional some new vehicle sales as well how would it be enforced authorities would drive along urban streets at night a few times a month with a cctv vehicle and record number plates they would then filter out those who have paid and send the resulting details to vdsa who would correlate this with other sightings and issue fines to keepers of vehicles that have parked on street for more than the allowed number of occasions it is likely that the enforcement process would do more that cover its costs from fine income with the surplus being available to increase the incentive to scrap vehicles would it be popular it would certain generate howls of protest and reams of coverage in the papers however a charge 10p per night for parking on public property is hardly a ripoff and street parking is widely recognised as being a serious issue with the majority of the population supports action on this up to 3 million people a year would befit directly from the scheme when they scrap vehicles including many who would have scrapped them anyway as such i think there could well be more people for it than against it as a reference point i have calculate that some 1 5 million are scrapped per year on average so with a target of 3 million per year would result in a doubling of vehicles being scrapped if sufficient people were not incentivised to scrap vehicles by the offered refund it could be increased until it was there would of course be unintended consequences which would need to be considered including 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