Wednesday, 22 April 2009

Car clubs continue to grow

This week Camden agreed 18 more car clubs spaces around the borough, including one in Swiss Cottage on Boundary Rd (this used to be a single yellow area). Overall there are now over 4,000 people using car clubs in Camden, up from only 2,000 two years ago. It really does fulfil a need and the flexibility is proving very attractive. The Council plans to keep increasing car clubs bays - essentially we respond when the three operators we have in the borough identify an area with a gap.

Obviously there are issues around parking spaces, which is why we consult carefully and we want to use single yellow lines, or P&D, rather than residents bays wherever possible. Car club bays remain a tiny fraction of total residents bays - what is important is we listen to residents and keep a balance.

Here is more council information on car clubs

and here is a searchable map on local car club bays, displayed above to show the coverage we've got in the immediate Swiss Cottage area.

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