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Chapter 1 - Setting the scene

1. Do you think parking, including on pavements, at dropped kerbs and double parking is a problem in your area?

Please select one item
Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neither disagree or agree
Agree
Strongly agree
If you think it's a problem, how have you, your family or friends been affected by parking problems?
Can't get off the pavement with buggy or bike at dropped kerbs. Limited visibility at junctions due to inconsiderately parked cars. Damage to pavements.
Where did this occur (e.g. type of street or area) and how often?
Residential streets

2. Why do you think the motorists may choose to pavement park?

Because for some reason they think it's better to inconvenience people on foot that people in cars and because (frankly) they are too lazy to look for a proper parking space further away on a road that's wide enough for them to park without blocking traffic.

3. Do you think new legislation is needed?

Please select one item
Yes
No
If yes, what areas of the law need to be amended?
The law needs to be amended to make it an offence for a car to be left on the pavement. There need to be no ifs or buts about nobody having seen it drive there, as at present. In future it should be possible for a council parking attendant (i.e. not a police office) to ticket a car on the pavement, just as they can if it's on a yellow line.

4. If a new law is required, should it cover all roads with footways, including private roads that are not adopted by local authorities and trunk roads?

Please select one item
Yes
No

5. Do you think any new law should apply to all vehicles (e.g. HGVs, vans, taxis, cars, motorbikes, etc.)?

Please select one item
Yes
No

6. Do you think there should be exemptions applied to allow pavement parking to take place, particularly due to local concerns about access for vehicles and lack of alternative parking provision?

If no, why not? (Please be as specific as possible)
No. If people can't park on a street without blocking it because it's too narrow, they need to park somewhere else. I can accept that in some situations, where pavements are extraordinarily wide, it may be appropriate for councils to mark them as parking bays, but this must not be at the expense of the free movement of pedestrians.

Chapter 2 - Current enforcement arrangements

7. Should there be consistent approach to parking enforcement across Scotland?

Please select one item
Yes
No
If yes, how should this be taken forward?
All local authorities should have the power to do parking enforcement.

8. Local authorities in some parts of Scotland have DPE powers and are responsible for parking enforcement. In other areas Police Scotland retains responsibility.

What are your views on rolling out Decriminalised Parking Enforcement regimes across Scotland?
It should continue.
What are your views about the proposal to share services to provide access to a "traffic warden service" in areas without DPE?
No opinion - DPE should be rolled out nationally.
What should Police Scotland's involvement be in the future?
They should retain powers to deal with obstructions, but 'parking' should become the responsibility of councils with DPE. This should include parking on pavements.

9. Currently moving traffic violations are a matter for the police, however, do you think local authorities should be able to use CCTV and/or Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) systems for enforcement of:

Please select one item
Yes
No
Please select one item
Yes
No

10. Do you think it is a good idea in principle to allow local authorities to exempt specific streets or areas from national restrictions for pavement parking?

Please select one item
Yes
No

Chapter 3 - Identified issues

11. Do you think controlling pavement, dropped kerbs and double parking could have unintended consequences or negative consequences in your area?

Please select one item
Yes
No
If so, what would the effects be?
I see no unintended consequences. I seek robust, effective and fair enforcement of all contraventions of parking and waiting regulation, including of new bans on pavement parking.

12. Do you think controls on parking are likely to increase or reduce the costs and impact on businesses in town centres?

Please select one item
Reduce
Increase
What should we be doing to reduce any impact on businesses in town centres?
Educate businesses in town centres what fraction of their customers actually come by car, based on rigorous research. The fraction is often smaller than they think, particularly for small local shops and town-centre businesses.
What other arrangements should be considered to deliver parking improvements that help support town centre regeneration?
Effective provision of 'park and ride' outside town centre to remove low-occupancy private cars from town centres

Chapter 4 - Enforcement of disability persons' parking places

13. Do you think that on-street disabled persons' parking places are being enforced in your area?

Please select one item
Yes
No

14. Have you witnessed misuse of a disabled persons' parking space?

Please select one item
Yes
No

Chapter 5 - Parking for ultra-low emission vehicles

17. Are you supportive of local authorities’ trialling or introducing parking incentives (such as discounted, free or preferential parking) for ULEVs?

Please select one item
Yes
No
If no, why not?
ULEVs are still cars. While they reduce local pollution, they still contribute to making the town environment unpleasant for people on foot. For liveable urban areas we need to reduce the number of cars in the towns.

Chapter 6 - Assessing Impact

24. Are there any likely impacts the proposals contained in this consultation may have upon the environment?

Please select one item
Yes
No
Please be as specific as possible.
Positive impact on the 'liveability' of urban space by reducing the clutter, visual impact and noise caused by excessive vehicles.

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