Parking controls in the Dulwich park?

[Penguin68]

"Dear Straferjack

If you are 'Southwark councillor and member of the ruling labour party' as Penguin68 says, you should be ashamed of your council and your party. "

In all honesty - I cannot believe I did accuse Strafer of actually being a Southwark councillor - maybe of acting like one perhaps (a touch of hyperbole)- but if I did I apologise if any offence was taken.

For the record - I have no issues about policing of dedicated parking spaces for the disabled - or of inconsiderate (route blocking) parking by others - my concern was the (apparent) automatic assumption on this thread and elsewhere that, to subvert Orwell, two wheels, good, four wheels (except on public transport) bad. (And yes, Strafer, you never mentioned bicycles, I just did).

What I initially challenged was an assumption that there could be no good reasons for driving to the park and parking there at all, unless one was disabled. And hence that parking restrictions and fines should be welcomed (which they weren't, by the local councillors).

BUT why have Southwark Council instituted a consultation on an option (4 hour parking) which our locally elected representatives have rejected. And if their opinions don't count, why should we assume that any expressed by the poor dumb elector in any 'consultation' would be?

This looks like the democracy they have in Zimbabwe and mainland China.

[StraferJack]

penguin - thought I made clear it was someone else posted that comment

"Although I especially liked this comment from someone else on that earlier thread "

[KidKruger]

They could just double/treble the size of the car park. It's just grassy areas / football fields at that end anyway.

[mynamehere]

When I moved to the area Dulwich Park was drive through, park pretty much where you like so was Rye Lane and there were no designated bus lanes. Are we better or worse off?

[StraferJack]

when was that?

Take the increase in traffic since that year and figure it out for yourself

[KidKruger]

Yes I remember that - but I think it is better how it is now. Sometimes there's still a car that comes past occasionally, not convinced it's for disabled etc. either.

[mynamehere]

I moved here in 1998. Have these "traffic calming" events caused more traffic? People went ballistic at each measure. The war to control Rye Lane was particularly graphic. There simply are more people and more to come and more after them and, have I said it yet? still more and more. And what does that mean for traffic and cars and rights? I went to the Picture Gallery's WHISTLER and stared at the maps and scenes. We could live in a high tech world with relatively few people (just say no to Ponzi Human demographics to "pay retirements") and guess what? if we somehow lived with all the great stuff of 2013 but way fewer people.... you could drive where and, within reason, how you liked.