FREE THE ROADS

Roads are for traveling along. So why do we allow vehicles to park on them?

By parking I mean leaving the vehicle unattended for long periods of time.

Two lane highways are reduced to single lane because there are cars parked along the side of the road. Why, because the house they are parked in front of has no where to put the car off road, and even when they have a lot of people are just to lazy to use it.

The solution:

No parking on any A or B road, anywhere.

No parking on any public transport route.

What do the people do who have no where else to park their car/s? Well I would expect local entrepreneurs would soon make land available for off road parking, at a price. It would certainly make a lot of people appreciate the true costs of car ownership and as public transport would now be able to move easier usage would increase with benefit to all.

Really the problem is only cars and vans. Roads are not clogged with transport vehicles parked along the side of the road. In fact they are generally the victims of on road parking.

Of course some vehicles need to be stationary on a road to perform certain tasks. Not a problem. They are licensed and whenever stopped on the highway display a suitable sign and/or flashing light.

Roads are for travelling along, not parking on.