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Glasgow City Council Officer
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2023-11-30
• 26 comments
pavementparking
Proposal code:
GlasgowCommunityChoices-2023-11-18
Glasgow City Council will carry out a full survey of all pavements in Glasgow to find out where we can use new legislation for restricting footway parking.
Glasgow City Council will carry out a full survey of all pavements in Glasgow to find out where we can use new legislation for restricting footway parking, double parking and parking at dropped kerbs. The results of this survey will be communicated as appropriate.
Enforcement here will be key, but Police are in no place to be taking on a greater enforcement burden, so streets should be designed to physically prohibit or discourage rule-breaking. In the best case, a physical design is then all that is needed since rules need not enforce what is physically discouraged. Connecting Woodside is one example where the new design actually removed bollards from a junction mouth, making it now vulnerable to drivers using it as a through route. Another example is the SCW, we can put signs to forbid certain manoeuvres, but drivers will ignore the signs. Designs should rely on neither good faith nor enforcement to be intrinsically safe, instead use engineering design to deter dangerous actions. Too much good faith and trust is placed in drivers to comply with stated rules, but this only then falls to an enforcement burden placed on a limited number of police.
Thank you for your comments, the new legislation will be enforced by Glasgow's Parking Attendants with no extra burden on Police Scotland.
Police Officers have always had the power to enforce pavement parking and obstruction, so they may in fact have less work to do as we support their existing remit. Yes, design is very important and all current and future designs prioritise or most vulnerable road users. We actively review junctions where complaints are received, so please do not hesitate to contact our parking services who will liaise with other departments and partners to identify a suitable intervention to address any safety issues. ParkingServices@glasgow.gov.uk
I am extremely supportive of this initiative. Its taken too long for the enforcement to come into play. When trying to navigate the streets with the pram you really see how much of a problem pavement parking is in Glasgow. Selfish, lazy drivers don't care about those using the pavement, forcing them onto the road to get past. I've also seen cars parked in cycle lanes too. No one has the right to park right outside their house and it would be beneficial to many driver's health for them to walk a bit further to get home! Again enforcement is key here. But even parking on the double-yellows every day at the Royal Infirmary is routinely ignored by the council - this would rake in the money if enforced!
I fully support a pavement parking ban. I'm not sure if the proposed council approach is quite right. It should be enforced with immediate effect. No streets should be exceptions. It will need visible, regular and strict enforcement to work. Consideration should be given to additional CCTV enforcement and on-bus video enforcement.
As a pedestrian and someone with small children, the restrictions can't come soon enough. Pavement parking is dangerous and unfair for footway users, and the act of driving on to a pavement can be deadly for pedestrians. It can block cycle lanes and dropped kerbs. Double parked cars block bus routes.
If some areas do not have enough road or private parking for residents then they should park elsewhere and walk/wheel. It is not the responsibility of the council (or indeed non-car-using council tax payers) to provide *free* private property storage on public space.
The council should consider immediate physical removal of offending vehicles.
Whilst I support the enforcemnet, I cannot support immediate enforcement on all streets. There needs to be a transition period (GCC will have known this from 2019 when the legilsation was passed) to reengineer for on-road parking/alternatives. I know many streets with narrow roads and wide pavements where on-road parking would render them impassable. The pavements could be narrowed on both sides for parking as well as pedestrians & traffic to flow freely.
Perhaps if GCC/SPT could be bothered to ensure a functional public transport system (unlike the expensive and unreliable mess we have now) and practical active travel options, a lot of the problem would simply go away as people would not HAVE TO rely on their cars.
As an aside, what about fining the ignorant homeowners who allow their plants to grow across the pavements, blocking them completely?
Thank you for your comments, one of the reasons for undertaking the city-wide survey is to identify areas where traditionally parking on one side of the road has always been accepted practice in the local community and this hasn't caused any issues over the years. That is not to say that enforcement will not take place in these areas, as ad-hoc enforcement will be applied where people park dangerously or without consideration for other people. It is therefore, not our intention to go into local communities and issue tickets to every car parked on the pavement, but more so to use the legislation to target those drivers who park without due regard for anyone but themselves.
When attending a busy event in the city, football for example, you often can never find a space to get parked. Public transport is too unreliable so often driving is the only option. Parking up on a kerb is often the only option. Making villains of these people services absolutely no purpose and only takes money out of the pockets of regular members of the public. Invest in the awful public transport network in scotland to reduce car usage!
Enforcement here will be key, but Police are in no place to be taking on a greater enforcement burden, so streets should be designed to physically prohibit or discourage rule-breaking. In the best case, a physical design is then all that is needed since rules need not enforce what is physically discouraged. Connecting Woodside is one example where the new design actually removed bollards from a junction mouth, making it now vulnerable to drivers using it as a through route. Another example is the SCW, we can put signs to forbid certain manoeuvres, but drivers will ignore the signs. Designs should rely on neither good faith nor enforcement to be intrinsically safe, instead use engineering design to deter dangerous actions. Too much good faith and trust is placed in drivers to comply with stated rules, but this only then falls to an enforcement burden placed on a limited number of police.
Thank you for your comments, the new legislation will be enforced by Glasgow's Parking Attendants with no extra burden on Police Scotland.
Police Officers have always had the power to enforce pavement parking and obstruction, so they may in fact have less work to do as we support their existing remit. Yes, design is very important and all current and future designs prioritise or most vulnerable road users. We actively review junctions where complaints are received, so please do not hesitate to contact our parking services who will liaise with other departments and partners to identify a suitable intervention to address any safety issues. ParkingServices@glasgow.gov.uk
I am extremely supportive of this initiative. Its taken too long for the enforcement to come into play. When trying to navigate the streets with the pram you really see how much of a problem pavement parking is in Glasgow. Selfish, lazy drivers don't care about those using the pavement, forcing them onto the road to get past. I've also seen cars parked in cycle lanes too. No one has the right to park right outside their house and it would be beneficial to many driver's health for them to walk a bit further to get home! Again enforcement is key here. But even parking on the double-yellows every day at the Royal Infirmary is routinely ignored by the council - this would rake in the money if enforced!
I fully support a pavement parking ban. I'm not sure if the proposed council approach is quite right. It should be enforced with immediate effect. No streets should be exceptions. It will need visible, regular and strict enforcement to work. Consideration should be given to additional CCTV enforcement and on-bus video enforcement.
As a pedestrian and someone with small children, the restrictions can't come soon enough. Pavement parking is dangerous and unfair for footway users, and the act of driving on to a pavement can be deadly for pedestrians. It can block cycle lanes and dropped kerbs. Double parked cars block bus routes.
If some areas do not have enough road or private parking for residents then they should park elsewhere and walk/wheel. It is not the responsibility of the council (or indeed non-car-using council tax payers) to provide *free* private property storage on public space.
The council should consider immediate physical removal of offending vehicles.
Whilst I support the enforcemnet, I cannot support immediate enforcement on all streets. There needs to be a transition period (GCC will have known this from 2019 when the legilsation was passed) to reengineer for on-road parking/alternatives. I know many streets with narrow roads and wide pavements where on-road parking would render them impassable. The pavements could be narrowed on both sides for parking as well as pedestrians & traffic to flow freely.
Perhaps if GCC/SPT could be bothered to ensure a functional public transport system (unlike the expensive and unreliable mess we have now) and practical active travel options, a lot of the problem would simply go away as people would not HAVE TO rely on their cars.
As an aside, what about fining the ignorant homeowners who allow their plants to grow across the pavements, blocking them completely?
Thank you for your comments, one of the reasons for undertaking the city-wide survey is to identify areas where traditionally parking on one side of the road has always been accepted practice in the local community and this hasn't caused any issues over the years. That is not to say that enforcement will not take place in these areas, as ad-hoc enforcement will be applied where people park dangerously or without consideration for other people. It is therefore, not our intention to go into local communities and issue tickets to every car parked on the pavement, but more so to use the legislation to target those drivers who park without due regard for anyone but themselves.
When attending a busy event in the city, football for example, you often can never find a space to get parked. Public transport is too unreliable so often driving is the only option. Parking up on a kerb is often the only option. Making villains of these people services absolutely no purpose and only takes money out of the pockets of regular members of the public. Invest in the awful public transport network in scotland to reduce car usage!