| Topic: | Parking, "statistics" and what other countries do. | |
| Posted by: | Francis Sheehan | |
| Date/Time: | 28/02/23 08:03:00 |
| I'll start off by saying that I take statistics from a politician with a very large pinch of salt. And if that politician is a Tory, then the pinch becomes a shovelful. Cllr Biddolph's party gave us the "however many millions" to be given to the NHS instead than to the EU, and more. So, no, dear Councillor, I don't trust any of your numbers. Having said that, I was in Annecy over the weekend. We drove a rental from Switzerland there and we found ourselves in need of dumping said rental somewhere as life's too short to drive into cities that clearly weren't designed for cars. Well, wouldn't you have guessed it, they have UNDERGROUND CAR PARKS THERE! There were two I could choose between. One in Rue Carnot, the other by the train station. Both, indeed, hidden from view underground, so that what lay above could be dedicated to more pleasant things such as benches, coffee shops, green spaces where dogs dumped their excrement and their owners forgot to pick them up (it's France afterall!) and so on. Oh, I should add they were well lit, protected from the elements, had proper lifts in function and were totally step free. Unlike ANY of the stations in W4 proper I should add. Now, why doesn't the Councillor advocate for something of that kind, instead of the usual reactionary propaganda? Travel to Europe, Councillor. Every small town has an underground car park and thus has freed up public spaces for, well, public use. Are we inferior? Are we incapable of doing anything of that kind? |