Should the Residents' Parking Scheme give money to those households who don't own cars?
Ed Dowding
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If you can get a licence for free, should you get £150 for NOT having a car?
Poll Created Fri 5 Jul 2013 7:54AM
The RPS should pay between £100 and £200 / yr to households without cars. Closed Tue 3 Sep 2013 5:23PM
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
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Agree | 100.0% | 2 |
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| Abstain | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Disagree | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Block | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 0% | 1 |
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2 of 3 people have participated (66%)
Rob Telford
Fri 5 Jul 2013 11:47AM
Yes, I think this is something that should be explored. Questions arise about enforcement (as ever) - how can we sure someone hasn't got a car? What if someone moves to the area and doesn't register their car there? etc.
Ed Dowding Sun 7 Jul 2013 7:54AM
I agree with @emmalouisehardman about the psychology here; however it seems that being responsible is often associated with penalties. There are various incentives for those with capital areas (feed in tariffs) or those who live in windy area (windfarm payments) but wouldn’t it be nice if there were a bonus every once in a while for those who were already doing the right thing? (it should also be noted that I was just kicking this off with an easy question which I thought might generate a lot of debate and to test this tool.)
Emma-Louise Hardman · Fri 5 Jul 2013 9:17AM
I like it in principle but I do wonder if this is really more likely to have a positive effect on modal shift than spending the money on public transport and cycling infrastructure etc? People aren't as psychologically influenced by receiving things as they are by having them taken away, so a hefty cost for the RPZ is more likely to dissuade car ownership than the positive reinforcement of this proposal. I'm quite up for being convinced though.