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Parking controls can only work with better public transport

Roger Sexton, Nottingham NG1
02 April 2015
 

Steve Melia asserts that the last Labour Government’s maximum parking standards were flawed because parking in areas surrounding a new development could not be controlled (Viewpoint LTT 20 Mar). 

I take his point, but I would suggest a second even bigger flaw in Labour’s thinking. Limits on car parking and car use only make sense if there is the alternative of excellent reasonably-priced public transport running seven days a week and at least 18 hours a day. In Britain, outside...

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