"Pay and Display" parking bays to "Telephone and Pay " parking bays. Revenue implications
Dear Ealing Borough Council,
I observe a change in the borough from "Pay and Display" parking bays to "Pay by Telephone " parking bays.
1) When were the public consulted on these changes?
2) Was it clearly explained in the recent West Ealing CPZ consultation that the 30 minute "free (no phone required) and phone for extra time bays" would become " all parking including the first free 30 minutes would require a telephone call" bays? These new bays effectively exclude elderly motorists i.e. those most likely to require a car to help with shopping but also those most likely not to use a smart phone.
3)What data around usage rates by the elderly of smart phones was used to guide this change to "pay by phone" parking.
4) When was this decision made and by whom or what committee?
5) Many "Pay by phone" bays appear to be empty when in the past when they worked with coin meters they were 60% full. Can the council tell me how much income they have lost on a range of bays due to this change.
6) Will they reverse this decision if the income has fallen?
Yours faithfully,
Arthur Breens
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From: Arthur Breens [mailto:[FOI #456692 email]]
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Subject: 18-0060 Freedom of Information request - "Pay and Display"
parking bays to "Telephone and Pay " parking bays. Revenue implications
Dear Ealing Borough Council,
I observe a change in the borough from "Pay and Display" parking bays to
"Pay by Telephone " parking bays.
1) When were the public consulted on these changes?
2) Was it clearly explained in the recent West Ealing CPZ consultation
that the 30 minute "free (no phone required) and phone for extra time
bays" would become " all parking including the first free 30 minutes would
require a telephone call" bays? These new bays effectively exclude elderly
motorists i.e. those most likely to require a car to help with shopping
but also those most likely not to use a smart phone.
3)What data around usage rates by the elderly of smart phones was used to
guide this change to "pay by phone" parking.
4) When was this decision made and by whom or what committee?
5) Many "Pay by phone" bays appear to be empty when in the past when they
worked with coin meters they were 60% full. Can the council tell me how
much income they have lost on a range of bays due to this change.
6) Will they reverse this decision if the income has fallen?
Yours faithfully,
Arthur Breens
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