247 Parking unconditionally supports the enlightened decision of Camden Council to pay back around £134,000 in parking fines collected from drivers who parked on single yellow lines on Good Friday and Easter Monday.

Traditionally motorists have been allowed to park on single yellow lines in Camden during Bank Holidays. This year, Camden Council changed its policy at the last minute, making only a small posting on the council’s website to inform drivers of the policy change. Traffic Wardens then dished out an impressive 1,119 fines on Good Friday and Easter Monday, giving rise to a deluge of complaints.

The council claimed that they were merely enforcing normal traffic regulations and that it was a discretionary gesture of goodwill not to issue parking tickets to cars parked on single yellow lines on Good Friday and Bank Holiday Monday.

“It was an outrageous grab for cash, but thankfully they’ve done the right thing and agreed to pay everyone back,” says 247 Parking MD Julia Callan. “And we hear that they will not be enforcing single yellow line restrictions for the Bank Holiday on May 3.”

]]> http://www.247parking.com/news/press-release-%e2%80%93-parking-company-salutes-camden-council.html/feed 0 http://www.247parking.com/news/train-fares-set-to-rise-in-january.html http://www.247parking.com/news/train-fares-set-to-rise-in-january.html#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:12:17 +0000 Rachel http://www.247parking.com/news/?p=563 The Association of Train Operating Companies has recently announced rail fares are set to rise by an average of 1.1 per cent in January 2010.Not too painful to most, especially considering that this increase is reportedly the lowest price rise since privatisation was introduced in the mid 90s. The pain starts to feed through however when one takes the time to check what has happened to retail prices. Retail prices have in fact reduced by some 1.4% when looking at the month in which they use to calculate these increases. These new rail prices could potentially be interpreted therefore as a 2.5% increase.
London rail users however fair even worse as South Eastern has announced increases of 1.6% and one can only sympathise with users along some of the East Coast lines who recently took over the troubled Inter City East Coast rail franchise. They are to see some journey prices increased by up to 5%.
These disappointing increases could be the end of the line for some commuters, particualrly in London, who may well forego the hustle and bustle of the trains in return for their cars.
Finding suitable, cheap car parking in London is by no means a given. All too often, a car park with suitable spaces on one day does not have any spaces the following day.
For this reason, it is always recommended that people pre-book parking spaces. For those commuters who do return to using their car, At 24 7 Parking we are invariably able to offer discounted long term parking.

Double-decker buses will take over on the route between Victoria Station and Clapton Pond, with the route also changing on weekdays.

Every bus (except on evenings and weekends) will now run between Victoria and Hackney Central with alternate buses carrying on to Clapton Pond.

Public opinion has, for a long while, made it very clear that the bendy buses were not popular or wanted. Drivers using those routes have suffered somewhat, some of whom may well have given up using their own transport to get around the city because of them.

With the withdrawal in full flow and the rest of the bendy bus fleet due to be withdrawn by the end of 2011, those car drivers that decide to return to using their own transport will need to remember that car parking in London is still not a given.

To ensure you are able to have access to parking in London, the best course of action is to make use of the services of companies such as 24 7 Parking. We are able to source and provide suitable secure parking in many areas around London, often at significantly lower prices than those you would have to pay normally.