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Councils call for pavement parking to be banned across England
(www.bbc.co.uk)
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Oh totally. I don't have a car because I don't have anywhere to park it, and can't justify owning a personal vehicle when (bad) public transport and cycle paths are available.
Because of this I find people who expect public space to be given to them, to the detriment of other people, to be selfish.
Ya but your argument is also expecting public space to be given to you to the detriment of others. It's a double edged sword.
"Park on a different street" literally just shifts the problem.
If a public parking lot was available then ya, totally feasible, but it'll have to be big which then takes up the land from something else, again shifting the problem.
You're getting upitty with someone who is concerned that knee-jerk public policy is going to have large, likely unplanned, detrimental effects on the citizens outside of just themselves.
Taking space used for cars and giving it to cyclist does actually make everyone's life better, even drivers. You get less pollution, traffic, medical cost to the NHS, pedestrian deaths, and infrastructure costs.
Actually I'm more going for "don't have a car if you don't have anywhere to put it". I know it's an unpopular opinion, but having a car is not a right and the sheer volume of them is to the detriment of the entire population.
So if I park on another street aren't I just parking in someone else's way? You're just kicking the can down the road you're not actually fixing the problem the fact that you don't get that is insane
Forcing people to park further away discourages them from purchasing a vehicle in the first place. Fewer cars is better for everyone.
No it doesn't it just annoys them. Have you actually met people like real members of the human race or they all just abstract numbers in your head because you know nothing about humans.