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Parking Review
Debates
Mark Moran
With their Guy Fawkes masks and penchant for following CCTV enforcement cars on motorcycles, the NoToMob have carved out a niche as anti-parking... continue
Parking Review
Parking Policy
Properly managed parking can be a boon to local economies and the environment, local transport minister Norman Baker said in a recorded address shown... continue
Parking Review
Parking Policy
Patrick McDonnell
Government funding for road safety campaigns has fallen from £19m in 2008/09 to below £4m in 2011/12, according to figures revealed after... continue
Parking Review
Transport
Patrick McDonnell
The government has pledged £57m for cycling projects, which includes £30m for three schemes in English cities. This forms part of the... continue
Parking Review
News Lead Story
Local authority parking enforcement is to come under the scrutiny of the House of Commons Transport Committee. The deadline for written submissions... continue
Parking Review
People News
Kenneth Grange, designer of the InterCity 125 train, the Kenwood Chef food blender and Britain’s first parking meter was knighted in the New... continue
Parking Review
Cover Story
Patrick McDonnell
Many city centre car parks are not suitable for disabled users, suggests a report from Disabled Motoring UK (DMUK), a national campaigning charity... continue
Parking Review
Articles
Some 1,901 people were killed in road accidents in 2011, a 3%  rise over the previous year. The statistics from the Department for Transport... continue
Parking Review
Electric vehicles
Funding of £11m to encourage people to change to electric vehicles (EVs) from fossil fuels has benefitted only a “handful of... continue
Parking Review
Articles
A plan to extend 20mph speed limits across most residential roads in England within ten years will be considered at the Liberal Democrat conference... continue
Parking Review
Articles
Road safety campaigners have acknowledged that DfT casualty figures for 2011 showed that as the total number of 20mph roads increases, so do the... continue
Parking Review
Articles
Mark Moran
A consultation on updating guidance on setting local speed limits is being carried out by the Department for Transport (DfT). The new guidance would... continue
Parking Review
Articles
Patrick McDonnell
The Government’s plans to make careless driving a fixed penalty offence could lead to drivers being penalised on the basis of... continue
Parking Review
Construction
Car park owners should be encouraged to make proper financial provision for routine structural inspections and planned maintenance, argues a report... continue
Parking Review
Construction
More than 1,000 additional car parking spaces are to be provided at six rail stations in England via the third and final wave of the £100m... continue
Parking Review
News Lead Story
Launching the Independent Appeals Service, which will listen to drivers’ complaints about enforcement in private car parks once wheel clamping... continue
Parking Review
Articles
Patrick McDonnell
A £14m CCTV hub will give British Transport Police (BTP) and other UK police forces access to 33,000 cameras at train and tube stations across... continue
Parking Review
Feature
Patrick McDonnell
London boroughs enforce up to 21 moving traffic contraventions under the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2003. The signed... continue
Parking Review
Feature
Patrick McDonnell
Effective and efficient bus lane enforcement allows councils and their partners to achieve easier and more consistent journey times for buses through... continue
Parking Review
Feature
Patrick McDonnell
Cities Across England and Wales are actively seeking powers from the government equal to those available to London councils to enable them to enforce... continue
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