Parking In The UK.

@SunshineGirl I my case no all I want is to park my car somewhere near my destinations only this isn't possible due to parking permits needed or yellow lines. People take a chance like roulette and get away with it most of the time I simply walk miles rather than face a fine. I take it you don't blame the Town Planners one bit.

@senghenydd There ate plenty of car parks at railway stations .

@devonman Yes rail trail and using their car parks is a good idea in some cases, I'll certainly give it some thought in the future.

@senghenydd Most UK towns were built long before the invention of the internal combustion engine and were probably not even designed for the coach and horse. Unless you want to turn each town centre into a massive car park and ruin what makes them attractive, people need to treat parking as a restricted commodity . . of course giving priority to those with limited mobility. I live in a city centre now, but when I lived outside I always used the train or patk and ride. Urban centres are for people, jobs and leisure, not parking.

@SunshineGirl I live in a street that was mostly built in the 1880s there is permit parking both sides of the street there's only a single lane for vehicles to get to the main road which sounds and is ridiculous and there's always illegal parking where this street joins the main road due to a Conservative Club there, parking places and the lack of parking places drives me mad, I hate to think what parking will be like in ten years time
I visited London with my late parents in the 1960s and witnessed the parking problems there and never thought for one minute it would happen in my home town.

@senghenydd Setting aside so much land for private vehicles that on average remain static for 95% of the week is ridiculously inefficient in itself.

There is nothing inevitable about car use increasing. The younger generation shows signs of challenging the current orthodoxy (not least because of the high cost of private motoring) . . but it would help if central government did not always favour motorists over other forms of transport.

@SunshineGirl I understand all new build properties have to have at least one parking space so Government do realise there is a problem.
The Water Board are currently digging up 50% of my street it was difficult finding a parking space before, now it's even worse,
I don't live in city I can understand the problems city planners have, my Council simply don't have as many excuses I also ride motorbikes which are much easier to park in fact the parking problem is forcing me onto two wheels.