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Brighton Life, Environment

Cashless Parking Options

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Drivers will not need a smartphone or the internet to pay for parking in Brighton & Hove once coin-operated ticket machines start disappearing.

The council is reassuring people without the latest type of gadgets such as iPhones that they can still register for the PayByPhone scheme and buy parking time.

It is also easy to set up an account without using the internet. Simply call the automated service on 01273 458458 using any phone, old or new, to create an account. 30% of users in Brighton & Hove do this every month. The current 15p service charge per payment or for text alerts will be reduced to 10p once machines start being removed. Continue reading Cashless Parking Options →

Environment

Parking woes

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Council rules allow the blocking of some driveways. The Road Traffic Act prohibits it. Code 27 can be used by a Civil Enforcement Officer (CEO) as an offence for parking adjacent to a dropped kerb even though the vehicle has paid and displayed. Another code offence 62 prohibits the parking of one or more wheels on the footpath. However, CEOs are instructed that as long as a double buggy can get past the offending vehicle, no offence needs to be logged

The reason for this lack of enforcement in some areas is likely to be the reduction in CEOs by 13% this year and similar cuts in previous years. Some areas are only visited once a day resulting in abuse of the system. Getting on to a residents’ bay after 7pm is almost impossible because of illegally parked vehicles. Areas of enforcement are varied monthly and at different times of the day. Towing of vehicles after midday is now dealt with by a private company, I assume this is operational cost-cutting but it is not necessarily efficient. If a private company has a limited number of vehicles then the towing of a vehicle may be delayed. More patrols are being carried out by cycles and mopeds. To report a problem that requires assistance you can call 0845 603 5469 option 3. The response may take up to 2 hours. I have been informed that one particular area within West Hill was visited 117 times in a month. 48 vehicles logged and 10 PCNs issued.

If you need to contact me with your problems or any queries. please use our email address theppp@gmx.com or telephone me on 07768 002328 between 11am & 6pm.

Steve Percy, (chairman) Peoples Parking Protest

Brighton Life

Brighton Town

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If you’re a taxi, bus or bike,
Go where you want, do what you like;
But in a car or drive a truck,
Sorry boy, you’re out of luck.

National Car Parks rule the day,
It’s profit now and you will pay.
Traffic wardens are the law,
They’ll make you pay and pay some more.

Disabled Driver with a badge?
We’re after you, you’re on the cadge;
No allowance, be one of us
Ditch the car, get on the bus.

Cannot walk? Then stay at home,
Use the web, or use the phone.
Disabled spaces? Don’t be funny,
It’s parking permits, or we lose money.

The Council is making no provision,
Living here was your decision.
The Council does what it wants to do,
But it won’t help me and it won’t help you.

And when the Council gets it right,
A cyclist will stop at a traffic light.
I guess that one could also say,
That pigs will fly upon that day.

Graham Miles