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Today at around noon, a
Today at around noon, a vehicle was driven into the pool area of Club Fit on North State Road in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Thankfully no one was injured. While we do encourage car pooling, this is not what we had in mind. Have a safe weekend.
Teen boy arrested after
Teen boy arrested after flipping car in countryside near Swindon
Following the smash, officers arrested the teenager on suspicion of careless driving, failing to stop, driving without insurance and without a licence.
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/teen-boy-arrested-flipping-car/
we do have lawyers involved in this who think our chances are pretty goodThere are always lawyers involved on both sides who think the chances are pretty good, especially on the side with the most money
imagine deciding to put all this energy into trying to shunt a problem around without any prospect of solving it.
PS when it comes to litigation, half of all legal advice given is wrong
Emergency services responded
Emergency services responded to reports that a car had been driven into Nationwide on Castle Street at 2pm.
There are no reported injuries but the driver is being supported by the ambulance service.
From Facebook, so John from Melksham says “hope everyone is ok”
So you accept that households
So you accept that households suffer from motor traffic? Well, it’s a start.
Bid to stop controversial Bath LTN voted down
It has been popular on the road, but unpopular in the surrounding area
Local man Neil McCabe, who attended the meeting as a public speaker and is fundraising for a legal challenge to the liveable neighbourhood, said the decision was “disappointing but not unexpected.”
He said: “[The] next step is to seek our options on legal action both in terms of this was an unreasonable decision […], if they have breached transport law, and also if they have breached the equalities act.”
He added: “This is very much a community led thing and we do have lawyers involved in this who think our chances are pretty good.”
Public path across
Public path across Christchurch civic centre car park could stop sale, claims Friar’s Cliff Residents Association
And a town councillor also said she believed BCP “did not realise” the path existed.
He added that there are “genuine, wide-ranging implications for anyone using the public right-of-way footpath and footways that connect Christchurch town centre to Two Riversmeet, Stanpit Marsh and beyond.”Pointing out the footpath and footways were also part of the national cycling infrastructure, he said these would “likely be blocked by fencing off for construction”.
Mr Alves said FCRA (Friars Cliff Residents Association) had raised its concerns with BCP at senior level, but “have not yet had an adequate response”.
Southampton estate agent instructed to sell Christchurch civic offices
“While the sale doesn’t include Bridge Street Car Park, public toilets and the public right-of-way to the west of the centre, it does come with Leisure Centre Car Park West.”
“Oh no”, said BCP council, “we’re literally the Highways Authority and we had no idea that the land we are selling where lots of us used to work had a footpath across it and now no-one will ever buy it. Curses – foiled!”. (The building is marked TH on the map.)
wow, that it should come to
wow, that it should come to this
Overnight police operation installs controversial traffic scheme in Bristol
An overnight police operation took place in Bristol to finish installing a controversial Liveable Neighbourhood scheme.
The council, its contractors ETM, and Avon and Somerset Police arrived in Barton Hill at approximately 3am Thursday 13 March to install planters, bus gate signs and paint roads as part of the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood scheme.
The installations took place in multiple locations at the same time.
Protestors arrived between 4 and 5am to attempt to stop works – but only succeeded in stopping the instalment of one bus gate at the junction of Marsh Lane and Avondale Road – where a group of women lay down in the road to halt contractors.
Work was abandoned at this junction – with a final “E” left to paint in a “BUS GATE” sign.
Devon tourist says ‘I won’t
Devon tourist says ‘I won’t come back’ over ‘rip-off’ seafront parking fines
‘I won’t come back’. It follows complaints from drivers that the spaces are just not big enough for modern vehicles.
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/local-news/devon-tourist-says-i-wont-10019683?int_source=nba
Morrisons supermarket car
Morrisons supermarket car park cordoned off after car crash
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/25002751.morrisons-supermarket-car-park-cordoned-off-car-crash/
Copford residents upset as
Copford residents upset as new traffic lights go up
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/25002681.copford-residents-upset-new-traffic-lights-go/
Calls for free parking in Worthing as shops could close
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/25003003.calls-free-parking-worthing-shops-close/
It does seem like there’s an awful lot of big scale work at the moment on pipes and conduits – it would interesting to know there’s really more than usual or it’s just a perception.
I have a couple of theories – one is that traditional SALT arrangements are no longer deemed H&S safe, so more operators are going for complete closures – a driver own goal there – and that as the roads get more like Heathrow i.e. run at full capacity the whole time, the volume of the whingeing increases. I think the practice of laying pipes under roads seems pretty quaint by today’s standards, sadly.
I guess the Worthing BID manager would prefer clear roads leading to free parking. Will someone please think of the high-rolling shoppers who can’t afford parking fees and of course the drivers who are perfectly safe and competent, but are defeated by an app.
I’d highlight to her the curious case of Wellingborough, Northants, that well-known retail boom town of the past 50 years, the biggest place I know of offering as it does, free town centre parking. For sure, it’s had a lot of life-blood sucked out of it down the years by the rapid collapse of the UK boot & shoe industry, the rise of Central Milton Keynes (I’m old enough to remember free parking there) 15 miles away and more recently, Rushden Lakes, 10 minutes down the A45.
The curious thing about the English seaside is that its decline exactly matches the rise of mass motoring – perhaps another co-incidence.
induced demand doing its
induced demand doing its thing, I guess
Car park visits down by more than 30,000 after fee hikes in Herne Bay and Whitstable – but Canterbury City Council rakes in extra £2.1m
Town centre car park a ‘ghost town’ after free parking axed
Controversial parking charges locals warned would ‘kill the town’ have just gone live
Emissions-based parking has been the case in council car parks in Bath since September 2023 to tackle the city’s air quality problem. But rolling it out to the Somer Valley towns, where locals say there is not an air quality issue and they have to use cars to get around, has been highly controversial.
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/town-centre-car-park-ghost-10016612?int_source=nba
🔁But the traffic’s bad, ➡️But
🔁But the traffic’s bad, ➡️But the parking’s expensive ↩️
Calls to end high parking charges in Hereford city centre
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/25000783.calls-end-high-parking-charges-hereford-city-centre/
Prominent councillor denies
Prominent councillor denies Cornwall Council car parks are being sold off
He has several red lines if he is to support the plans, which include keeping free winter parking
Cllr Monk, the Cornwall councillor for Newquay Trenance said: “The carparks are not being sold off.
“That’s been made clear from the start. Anyone saying they are is misleading the public.
“They are being leased to Cormac, which is owned by Cornwall Council.
I drive a car – give me free
I drive a car – give me free stuff
Tamar Bridge tolls to rise but locals think ‘there should be no charge’
Pictured : bridge and drivers’ salty tears
‘A group of parents have said their children’s school run is becoming increasingly dangerous because of a “nightmare” zebra crossing.’ It’s the zebra crossing’s fault. Plenty of self-driving vehicles involved, too.“The council no longer provides school crossing patrol cover at Broom Lane and parent Kay Simkin said this was because a lollipop lady had resigned following abusive behaviour by drivers.”
