Parking Control Enables Vehicles to Reach Kerb
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" IT would seem that in the main the improvements in the Pink Zone I were secured in those places where there was strict control of indiscriminate parking and the day-long parker, thus making it possible. for goods vehicles to reach the kerb with greater ease."
This view was put on Tuesday to the Ministry of Transport by the London and Home Counties Division of the Traders' -Road Transport Association, who, in co-operation with the Road Haulage Association, have been investigating the effects of the Pink Zone upon deliveries and collections in London.
The Associations appear to endorse the Pink Zone, as their report to the Ministry emphasizes that no serious difficulties were suffered by suppliers or shopkeepers, The general opinion was that traffic, and goods vehicles in particular, were able to move about the main streets more quickly than before. Many suppliers and shopkeepers had stated that main deliveries were completed by 1 p.m., either because more vehicles were used or because inner-zone deliveries were concentrated into the morning and outer-zone in the afternoon. theseexpedients were possible because of the comparatively restricted area of application of the scheme. However, suppliers, almost without exception, reported that markedly worse conditions occurred in the fringe areas. The displacement of the long-term parker from the Pink Zone presumably had a " ripple "effect, which was the cause of most of the difficulties which occurred in the fringe areas and some of the side . streets of the Pink Zone itself. Improvements in traffic conditions were secured mainly by the control of parking, and where this was ineffective the difficulties persisted or were aggravated. The Associations therefore think that the Ministry should extend controlled parking throughout the central area of London. This would offer the best way of rationing parking space for business and shopping purposes, and providing the necessary facilities for putting goods into and out of shops and other premises, without harmful bans on these necessary activities. The degree of enforcement necessary to ensure the success of controlled parting depended upon the provision of adequate off-the-street parking facilities. The Government should be responsible for the central direction and financing of off-the-street parking. Some shops were able to open before 9 a.m. to receive deliveries, but the staff arrangements made for this expedient could not be permanent.