The paper outlines work developed by the London Planning Advisory Committee (LPAC) from a study of parking standards and policies commissioned from Wootton Jeffreys Consultants. A review of parking standards applied across London to the main land uses proposes a more co-ordinated approach to their application. The implications of the continued application of current standards are considered in the context of a policy of traffic restraint. A wider consideration of other aspects of parking policy is presented. Major issues such as the potential for park and ride, car park licensing, new controls of non-residential parking (PNR), the reform of on-street parking, and the means apturing commuted payments for transport improvements, including those of public transport, are dealt with. The paper also explores the relationship of parking policy to other transport issues, public transport provision, and external influences, such as teleshopping. The paper concludes with a parking strategy for London put forward by LPAC, on behalf of the London Boroughs, to the Department of Transport and the Department of the Environment. The advice on a parking strategy fulfils a duty proposed for LPAC in Clause 48 (2) of the Road Traffic Bill currently before Parliament.
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