4.6 PARKING and LOADING Priority Area for Implementation IV
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4.6 PARKING AND LOADING Priority area for implementation IV: Improving the working of parking and loading arrangements to provide fair, reasonable and effective enforcement of regulations, recognising the needs of business for servicing and delivery as well as other road users, thus contributing to easing congestion and improving access to town centres and regeneration areas. 4.6.1 Hillingdon aims to use parking management to maintain or increase the proportion of personal travel made by means other than the car and to safeguard the needs of local residents. 4.6.2 The strategic management of parking spaces is able to contribute directly to this target as the supply, location; pricing and enforcement of spaces can control uninhibited growth in the use of road vehicles and can encourage more acceptable transport alternatives. The use of parking standards and controls can also regulate traffic generated by new developments. 4.6.3 Hillingdon’s emerging Local Development Framework includes policies to limit the amount of parking space in new developments which will have a long-term effect on traffic levels. Hillingdon’s BTS also contains objectives and policies regarding parking management. These objectives and policies are: • To maintain a parking management service, which discourages car commuting and protects the interests of residents, local business and other local stakeholders. • To manage the street environment so that road traffic does not intrude unnecessarily and residents and other users of public spaces enjoy an attractive and safe environment. • To ensure that Hillingdon parking standards continue to be consistent with current need • To provide adequate space for short-term visitors to town centres, other centres of demand and at residents’ homes • To prohibit parking on the footway except where essential and can be safely provided without causing obstruction to pedestrians, while maintaining a minimum footway width of 1.5m. • To ensure that off-street parking facilities are well designed and maintained, so that users find them attractive and safe to use • To provide adequate facilities for cycle and motorcycle parking, to comply with the borough’s parking standards. 4.6.4 These objectives and policies are reflected in Hillingdon’s Parking and Enforcement Plan, which is included as chapter 7 of this document. Hillingdon will implement the on-street section of this plan through the Parking Management Programme outlined in the following form. Specific provision of cycle parking is outlined in section 5.08. Progress towards improving parking and loading will be monitored through compliance factors for a number of moving and non-moving contraventions and through a business satisfaction survey (see section 9.4) 105 Form Number 24 London Borough of Hillingdon LIP PROPOSAL DELIVERY FORM Summary of Proposal: On-Street Parking Management Programme Location: Borough Wide Dates: Continuous Description of Main Elements: The On-Street Parking Management Programme aims to install new Parking Management Areas (PMAs) and review existing PMAs to contribute to effective and efficient parking management in the borough. The Council seeks to progressively introduce PMAs to all areas of the borough where the demand for on-street parking exceeds the available supply. A PMA is an area within which parking controls apply throughout specified hours. The main propose of a PMA is to effectively manage on-street parking activity in an area and in doing so, improve road safety and the general street scene. A PMA can also protect the parking needs of local residents from non- local parking demands. PMAs resolve conflicts arising from competing demands for available parking space protecting the interest of residents and other local stakeholders. PMAs can also promote economic activity and restrain those drivers whose vehicles contribute most to peak-hour congestion problems. To meet specific local parking needs different types of on-street parking bays can be put in place. For example resident’s bays, business permit bays, pay and display bays and shared use bays can all be provided to control on-street parking activity. The implementation of new PMAs or extensions to existing PMAs within the borough will involve a 2- year rolling programme. Consultation will be carried out with Ward Members and the local community at each stage, including the formal consultation prior to implementation. The programme has the following milestones: Year 1 1. PMA identification. The need for the introduction of new parking controls in identified parking stress areas should be assessed using officer assessment, member’s support and the level of public comment, complaints and petitions. 2. Design 3. Consultation Year 2 4. Implementation 5. Review 6. Amendment The regular review of PMAs is vital to ensure that schemes are operating effectively and to assess the need for modifications. The Council should carry out a review of each PMA every 5 years and the review process should include an assessment of displaced parking activity in the surrounding area. In combination with these measures development officers will be implementing the Borough Parking Plan policies for new private off street developments. This process will contribute to the Mayors objectives and targets set out below. Further details of parking management policies and objectives can be found in the Parking plan which has been included as chapter 7 of this document. TfL committed £50,000 to the development of PMA’s in Hillingdon as part of the 2005/06 BSP allocation. The following table outlines funding requirements for this programme of work through to 106 2008/09. It is expected that the 2008/09 level will be continued through to 2010-11. TOTAL FUNDING TABLE (£K) 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 Total (£K) FUNDING REQUIRED FROM BSP 50 30 50 50 183 FUNDING FROM OTHER SOURCES 106 106 106 106 424 (Details To Be Provided Below) TOTAL FUNDING REQUIRED 156 136 156 156 607 STATUS AMOUNT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES (Requested, COMMENTS (£k) Approved) 106 Council Revenue Funding Approved annually PARTNERS (please specify) Key Delivery Partners: Dependencies and Risks: Hillingdon Officers, Members, • Sites and improvement measures are not identified emergency services, interest • Suitable schemes are not developed groups and the general public • Individual schemes or aspects of schemes are not supported • Missed funding opportunity Delivering the Mayor’s Transport Strategy in the borough: The Parking Programme provides a significant contribution Priority Target MTS Proposal/ to delivering the following MTS objectives: Area Number Policy number (Appendix C) 1. Improving the working of parking IV 7,9 4G.Pr1 2. Relieving traffic congestion through the use of travel III 5,6,7 4G.Pr12 demand measures 3. Improving air quality 3.Pr, 4K.Pr4 Modal Impact Impact (Please list the Modes affected) (Positive, Negative, Neutral) • Walking, cycling, PTW, bus, freight, car Positive • Train Neutral Impact Cross Cutting Goals (see section 4.5 of this Guidance) (Positive, Negative, Neutral, N/Al) Promoting safety & perception of safety for all travel modes: Positive Encouraging sustainable means for travel: Positive Balanced road space allocation: Positive Requirements for sustainable developments: Positive Equality & Inclusion Target Group (please specify): Positive 107 4.7 ACCESSIBILITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION Priority area for implementation V: Improving accessibility and social inclusion on the transport network. Plans should have regard to safety and security for women and vulnerable users 4.7.1 An essential part of promoting equality and social inclusion and contributing towards a good quality of life is ensuring that people, particularly the mobility impaired, are not disadvantaged in accessing transport services. Therefore, Hillingdon seeks to achieve year on year improvements in the proportion of trips made by equality and inclusion target groups under- represented in the public transport travel market. To achieve this end, physical infrastructure can be designed to minimise difficulties and attention can be paid to which vehicles are used in order to maximise accessibility. 4.7.2 Avoiding unnecessary obstructions such as steps or poorly located street furniture and installing dropped kerbs to make crossings more manageable can improve access and mobility for the sensory impaired. Platforms and vehicles can be carefully designed to maximise accessibility at rail stations and bus services can also be made more accessible to the mobility impaired. There has been great emphasis in recent years on re-equipping the bus fleet with low- floor vehicles capable of taking wheelchair users without assistance. 4.7.3 As part of its programme for the Local Development Framework, Hillingdon has produced a Hillingdon Design and Accessibility Statement (HDAS) (Adopted December 2005) . This comprises a specific document on accessibility (within and to/between buildings and around public transport) and also at interchanges. The HDAS is intended to be integral to the implementation of the LIP. The streetscape section gives advice and guidance on making streetscapes user friendly with guidance such as giving minimum widths for footpaths to allow wheelchairs and pushchairs to pass. 4.7.4 The Parking section of the ‘Accessible’ HDAS document also gives specifications for disabled parking. It is also stated that is large developments there should be a setting down point near to entrance for dial-a-ride and other such transport. Seating should be provided,