Dear minister, there is no such thing as 'free parking'

Patrick Troy, chief executive of the British Parking Association, has written to local government minister Marcus Jones in the wake of media interest in the apparent boost to town centre trade during a period of uncontrolled parking in the Welsh town of Cardigan following vandalism of pay & display machines on its high street

Patrick Troy, chief executive, British Parking Association

06 August 2015

Patrick Troy

Letter to Marcus Jones MP: Car parking policy – the Cardigan experience

Dear Marcus,

I thought I would follow up the media interest in the case of Cardigan where, due to vandalism of parking machines in local car parks, it was reported that many of the shops in Cardigan’s town centre benefited from the temporary availability of free parking.

I thought it might be helpful, given your review of off-street parking policy, for me to make three points. Forgive me if you have already...