| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Full 6 day CPZ for Brook Rd South | |
| Posted by: | Adam Beamish | |
| Date/Time: | 26/03/14 09:12:00 |
| Too few charging points for electric cars within London ? - there seems to be plenty spread around the capital but it is rare to actually see an electric car being charged at the points. For example I've never seen a car being charged at either the charging point within Brentford Fountain Leisure Centre car park, or within the car park serving Albany Parade. In my view the problem with electric vehicles at the moment is that the technology isn't up to speed with the availability of charging points, once electric vehicles can travel further distances on a single charge etc. I expect more drivers to change over. I also think if push came to shove the vast majority of the population within London could cope without a car of their own, especially in this age of car clubs, vehicle sharing schemes and such like. Admittedly I wouldn't personally want to be without a car, but in the past I've managed perfectly well for a couple of months when I've been without a car, and bar the occasional inconvenience I find public transport within the capital very good at all times of the day and night (perhaps because I was brought up in the middle of nowhere). I know plenty of people of all ages who cope perfectly well without a car in London (and equally know of some people who have to be dragged out of their cars kicking and screaming before using public transport). Furthermore I've never lived anywhere where I cannot park my car off-street, as that has always been one of my essential criteria when choosing a place to live. My Mrs. often points out a house and says "I'd like to live there" and my immediate response is "where would I park the car ?". Equally one of my biggest moans at Holland Gardens is that it was built at a time when cycle parking standards weren't as high/necessary as they are now, which deters residents from buying/using cycles as they have to store them within their own flats, which also leads to unsightly/cluttered balconies etc. Fortunately cycle parking standards within new developments are now far higher than 10-15 years ago. The fact car owners pay road fund tax and insurance doesn't correlate to any kind of 'right' to being able to park so I don't quite get that point. |