Maybe 'free' parking could be allocated on the same basis as 'free' travel.

Ie, younger folk, the elderly, and people with restricted mobility?

My workplace doesn't have a car park.

Yes, I'm expected to cover my travel costs.

Likewise for driving.

The built in assumption in the NHS covering driving costs, is that people who can't / drive don't have similar issues in paying for their hospital travel.

My issue is with the exclusive preference to cover driving costs, over other methods of travel.

They should have a choice.

Given that parking is often limited, and that some people don't have the option not to drive...

Why does it make sense to exclusively incentivize driving?

Why not offer incentives to not drive, and therefore free up parking for people who have no choice?

I do drive. I often take or cycle to hospital appointments though, when I'm able.

Id be more likely to drive if the parking was free though.

This is the reality. Free parking encourages driving, and reduces options for people who have no option but to drive - as it makes it harder to find a space.

For staff, I think a better option is to give them a choice.

Would they prefer to have their driving costs subsidized through 'free' parking

Or, they could choose for the equivalent to spend as they wish. Public transport, pay for their bike. Or, just cash.

Parking always comes with a cost.

So, why should NHS money be exclusively diverted to cover car parking costs - and divert space that could be used to medical facilities to car parking.

When you prioritize driving above everything else you end up with more congestion and pollution.

Not everyone can drive.

Don't patronize me. Not for a second am I stating that people shouldn't drive.

My point is that the NHS shouldn't be offering exclusive incentives for people to drive.

If the NHS is going to pay a slice of travel costs, why only for drivers? Why not fund people who use public transport?

That's good.

I remain to be convinced that NHS funds should be diverted to cover car parking.

And if they are, then why not cover transport costs of people who use public transport as well?

Did you know that since the SNP provided a travel incentive exclusively to anyone who drives to hospitals, the NHS has not only lost an important revenue stream, it has to cover the costs associated with parking.

Meanwhile, people who use public transport have to cover all their transport costs.

*Lord* Moylan, nominated for a peerage Boris Depoffel Johnson, still posts on Twitter / X...

As if he expects people to take him seriously.

I had a similar experience, but my journey involved a train and then taxi or a bus.

The transport was expensive, and the roads were congested.

I struggle with supporting a campaign that encourages driving above everything else.

A campaign that ignores that not everyone can drive.

In Oxford, if you are prepared to compulsory purchase maybe 50, perhaps 100 homes to bulldoze for a car park

And then encourage thousands of extra people to drive into already congested roads, therefore increasing pollution and causes endless traffic jams.

Then why not

Hospitals often generate revenue from parking, while parking companies protect trusts from paying for car parking.

In Wales, where parking is 'free', there's a massive cost to the NHS, where drivers are exclusively beneficiaries.

This has a negative impact on congestion and pollution.

You'd have to bulldoze nearly every hospital building, and turn it into a car park for your plan to come to fruition.

Charges were scrapped in Wales.

It near on impossible to get a space to park in any Welsh hospital.

Management of parking (ANPR etc) has also placed a massive financial burden on trusts.

Public transport / all journeys have been negatively impacted by increased congestion.

Luke.

So, what is it?

-The software is charge. It therefore can override human input. Ie, computer says no.

Or

-At times, an overseas human operator is responsible for controlling the vehicle.

It can't be both.

Imo, 'The computer says no' scenario isn't the panacea you make it out to be.

Knight Riders car

Id watch that

BBC article, headline 'No win, no trim'

On searching 'United Haircut guy'

It's Oat Milk.

That's its name. That's what people call it.

Are you trying to make a point about Oat Milk?

By 'it', do you mean oat milk?

What do you find confusing about the term 'oat milk'?

I would have thought that Cllr Liam Walker would be the person doing the objections this proposal.

Using terms such as...

-Vanity Project
-Should have spent the money fixing potholes
-Woke nonsense

Annoying reply guy...

Why not have the best of both worlds, make your own pesto, and add some mint into what ever herbs you pound into your pesto 🙂

Photo from a book called De Ondergedoken Camera (The Underground Camera), which comprises photos taken secretly by Dutch photographers during the later stages of WWII. The photo shows a crowd of people, some in uniform, others in civilian clothes, with bicycles in front of a large building. A caption with the photo says, "Amsterdam, early April 1945. Several bicycle raids took place. The requisitioned bicycles were intended for recently arrived German units in the city. Ad Windig photographed the confiscation of bicycles in front of the Royal Palace on Dam Square. 'German soldiers with rifles rounded up the people and told them where to go to hand over their bicycles. I took the photo from Peek and Cloppenburg. There was a wonderful overview there.' 160 Ad Windig, MAI."

German soldiers with rifles confiscate bicycles in front of the Royal Palace on Dam Square, Amsterdam, early April 1945
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📷Ad Windig

Obviously, the best way to reduce suffering, and stop the abuse is to go vegan.

Forcing other animals to live miserable life is a form of abuse.

The truth behind the 15-minute cities controversy in Oxford, explained 15-minute cities has proven controversial on X with Sharron Davies and Right Said Fred speaking out about a traffic scheme in Oxford.

Really great to speak to the wonderful Big Issue recently about transport policy in Oxford www.bigissue.com/news/environ...

My theory is that, in reality, the vast majority of people understand this scheme for what it is.

A traffic management system that gives priority to public transport through a chronically congested city.

But it's hard to disagree with its aims, so folk deliberately distort- Often to get followers.