CPR Dave

That article reflects very badly on both Coty Hall and the scientists, from my perspective of it. The only saving grace for the academic institution is that it seems some scientists there are not prepared to be cowed by the Mayor's PR team. Good for them. I was also pretty shocked that the Mayor is prepared to rely on pad for research that is not peer reviewed. That isn't science in my book at least.

This just isn't true. The vast majority of London has streets with free parking on it 24 hours a day. 90 percent of the new extended ULEZ has no CPZ whatsoever. There are areas of central where you have to pay for parking sometimes, but even then at least 60% of the time, even in Zone 1 anyone and everyone can park for free on almost every single street.

Excellent post 1st Mate.

I don't think it will have zero impact on car ownership. There are a number of people at the bottom of the ladder who are struggling to get by and being charged another £300 + a year to keep the car that keeps them in world will be the tipping poiiþ. Thetmy il leave. That's the great shame of this new Labour politics. It hits the poorest hardest and benefits the richest the most, same as LTNs and same as ULEZ.

Very revealing that they mention all day CPZs. No doubt that's what the outcome of these sham consultations will be then. I suppose that was inevitable because the Council can't really enforce 2 hour parking zones. It costs too much money when they don't actually catch that many people and ticket them. So they just don't enforce them at all at the moment. An all day zone is much more cost efficient to police and would pay for 48 new traffic wardens.

Loved this shop. Glad to hear of the resurrection

You could not be more wrong Angelina. Politics these days seems to be full of ignorant people who refuse to acknowledge other people's views and then are flabbergasted when those people don't come round to their bone-headed point of view. The same thing happened with Brexit, which should have been a huge moment of learning for the self-proclaimed righteous. You can't go round just telling people they are wrong so shut up. It doesn't work. I'm surprised someone who thinks their enlightened views should supersede other, less clever, people's doesn't already know this. It's been a basic facet of education for many hundreds of years. It's such a simple concept that there is an elementary text on it taught to 4 and 5 year olds in key stage 1: https://read.gov/aesop/143.html

So cyclists can do whatever they want because other people sometimes do bad things too. Cyclists don't need to own their bad behaviour until everyone else is perfect. Imagine if we applied cyclist logic to all aspects of human interaction. No wonder so many people dislike cyclists.

They've mugged him off completely though.

You're happy paying their parking fines then.

And thus is how a Labour frontbencher deals with their own parking costs. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12354701/Labour-frontbencher-Abena-Oppong-Asare-faces-calls-resign-billed-TAXPAYERS-55-parking-fine.html

It's social cleansing, with a facade of greenwashing.

Oru seem to be offering shares in their crowdfunding which is completely different to giving money away for nothing in return. They are also giving away "Investor Perks" and the more you invest the more perks you get. It looks like an interesting proposal to me. https://oruspace.co/crowdfunding#more

Hopefully they will also look into how many of the studies that have been published previously on CPZs and LTNs were prepared by activists who have gone around taking down posters opposing these whacky counter-productive schemes, that are more about taxing poor people out of the area than they are about climate change.

Glad they're finally looking into all these schemes. The schemes by and large are the most effective method of social cleansing that London's ever seen.

You're a good man teddy. Sorry some people don't rcognsie that .

Reminder to sign petitions: Duwlich Hill - this one has the most signatures: https://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?ID=50000037&RPID=9133390&HPID=9133390 Nunhead - this one has 460 signatures. If it can get to 500 I think it has to go to a debate in cabinet which will really show them the strength of feeling and given what's just happened in Uxbridge it might make them have a think... https://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?ID=50000035&RPID=9133395&HPID=9133395

Why do you think there would be asbestos in the soil underneath this residential building?

Did the council put you up to this!?

Guys please stay on topic so that this doesn't get lounged.

It's plainly bullshit that they have to do it by force of law. They've chosen to do this because they are jealous of people who own a car. Even if a lot of those people are actually really quite poor.

Not sure that research into parking habits in Urban Madrid carries over into suburban Dulwich. Do you have anything less disingenuous?

Perfect summary.

I've shared this with everyone I know in the CPZ area who self-identifies as an inhabitant.

There is also a statutory requirement for proper consultation before a council implements restrictions on parking - compliance with which looks very dubious in this instance. The PRO-cpz lot have been talking a load of old bollocks too which further muddies the debate. That's how it works now though. Twist the truth and gaslight the electorate. For example, the council would be acting unlawfully if it imposed any CPZs in contravention of the The Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996 regardless of whether or not they had the blessing of Rofflick, Sadiq Khan And Southwarks cyclists.