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You could fit two Smart car sized vehicles in each normal parking space. (I don't know how much this helps.)
A lot with regards to parking. Saw a lot of Smart cars in Rome being parked in one space.
Great idea, however we are forgetting the basic greed of our LA's and central government, saw two smart cars parked just like this in one bay, both had valid tickets from the P&D machine, yet one had been ticketed. WTF???
I think we need to look at those travelling, it could split in several groups each with thier own requirements:
Those with a 9-5 job where pt is viable were it reliable - obvious better pt.
Those with a 9-5 job where pt is viable if it existed (the likes of out of town business parks) some sort of central park and ride scheme? Doesn't negate all car use but would cut some traffic. My sister lives in Braintree, where they built an out of town shopping centre Freeport, as part of the schem it had a dedicated station built. Should we not be looking at similar elsewhere?
Better Facilites in town and business parks for motorcyclists and cyclists - locking up facilities that are well lit, secure etc. Changing facilities, granted can be difficult to retrofit existing but perhaps should be part of planning conditions for new build estates?
As for those who have to use cars because of times outside of pt running hours, distances covered, uncertain nature of where the job will take them then we should accept this rather than have an Utopian view that it should be allowed and lets design road schemes that keep traffic moving rather than creating congestion causing schemes.
for some of this to work we need a joined up pt policy with interlinking timetables from bus to train.
Also what happened to Railfreight of the old BR days, how viable is it to get bulk freight of the roads and onto rail again?
And an off the wall one from a friend, what about canals fro freight or as a form of pt??
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