Car Park closures

yorkiesknob · Post by **yorkiesknob** » Fri 24 Dec, 2010 4:10 am

Looks like a reprieive is on the cards.This from the BBC West Yorkshire.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-le ... 9904Cheers Yorkie

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Fri 24 Dec, 2010 6:28 pm

yorkiesknob wrote: Looks like a reprieive is on the cards.This from the BBC West Yorkshire.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-le ... 9904Cheers Yorkie Good news and a sensible move given the current climate - shame it's only temporary though whilst a "review" takes place.By review I guess they are going to pay consultants thousands of £'s to tell them there aren't enough parking places....

Post by **chameleon** » Fri 25 Mar, 2011 5:32 pm

A little bit of realism on this one, finally with an acknowledgement that public transport can not yet cope with replacing private cars - YEP today:COUNCIL chiefs in Leeds are planning to allow up to 3,000 cars to park on city centre sites currently classed as unauthorised.The move comes just months after the council sparked fury when it won an appeal allowing it to take enforcement to stop long-term commuter parking at sites near Holbeck that were operating without planning permission.City centre workers argued they would suffer if the lower-cost parking was taken away and some councillors feared the clampdown could hit the city’s economic competitiveness.Faced with strong opposition, officials reviewed the issue and are now proposing a new “informal policy” that will allow parking on the sites for up to five years.According to a council report, decisions granting parking permissions will be made on a “first come, first served” basis and on condition that sites are tidied up. Applicants will also have to submit a transport assessment showing their proposals will not add to congestion.A report outlining details of the new policy will be presented to the council’s Executive Board next week. If they agree, the public will be consulted between March 31 and April 29.Car park operators, Leeds Chamber of Commerce and bus and train companies will be among those to give their views.The report acknowledges that major public transport initiatives such as trolleybus and park and ride have been delayed and are unlikely to go ahead soon.It adds: “It is therefore considered that now would be the wrong time to clamp down on unauthorised commuter car parks without an appropriate mitigation strategy being in place.”In recent years, it has been council policy to encourage short-stay parking in the city centre to support visitors and shoppers.The report estimates the unauthorised car parks are used by 4,800 vehicles. A cap of 3,000 is proposed because there are a number of authorised long-stay spaces available in the city centre.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sat 26 Mar, 2011 8:37 am

Fairly positive news, although it remains to be seen how many of these car park operators will go to the expense of a costly traffic survey as the council are now demanding before they'll be allowed to continue trading.Yes, the council have capacity in their own long stay car parks but I'd suggest this is probably more to do with poor locations (in respect of where people want to be) and excessive charges.

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Sat 26 Mar, 2011 11:01 am

raveydavey wrote: Fairly positive news, although it remains to be seen how many of these car park operators will go to the expense of a costly traffic survey as the council are now demanding before they'll be allowed to continue trading.Yes, the council have capacity in their own long stay car parks but I'd suggest this is probably more to do with poor locations (in respect of where people want to be) and excessive charges. The excessive charges are still to encourage public transport use particularly in the case of single occupancy. I also expect the expense for the private operators is in the hope that they will pass some/all of it on to their customers again discouraging car use. Some operators won't go to that expense and will be forced to close thus achieving the reduction in spaces. That reduction in supply may mean it drops below demand which will also force prices up.

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 14 Apr, 2011 8:46 pm

This is what happens when drivers parking are left to their own devices - one after another they parked and walked away. . . .piccy coutesy FNT.