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Photo listing: car storage (problem)

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Car in house The Laurels

Parking like this blocks access to our front door.

Double yellow lines belatedly added in this new development

Mill Road footway.

Riverside Cambridge This area has become a bit of a caravan park, and this vehicle has a rack on the back which could catch a passing cyclist.

@Cambridge_Uni - when did the pavement on Philippa Fawcett Drive become a car park? Would it be ok for me to park there too or is it reserved for fellows? @camcycle https://t.co/7yNFGfQWdz

Astonishing - there's a large car park but no cycle parking at all for Red Cross first aid courses at Lothbury House.

Why, @CambsCC, does electric car infrastructure have to take up pavement rather than road space? And @alexandrabulat, how is this compatible with the Riverside promenade vision? https://t.co/ocOpWJVRp9

Not sure what's going on, but I've never seen so much obstructive car parking on the footway here.

Obviously the car park closure doesn't apply to us.

As much car parking as they can squeeze in at this church but no cycle stands.

Routine car storage on double-yellow lines on this dedicated cycle link around the Grafton Centre. Admittedly there’s enough space to pass (one way at a time) so you’d have to win that argument with an unsympathetic councillor. It’s part of … [more]

Obstructive parking right outside our front door.

Car storage over hanging the cycle parking, since the bollard that stopped this got broken.

Car parking blocking access to front door.

An Italian Job on Mill Road, plenty of outrageous driving through pedestrian areas in that movie! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Italian_Job

"Parking here could cost a child's life" How alarming!

A large van trying to park on the footway comes within a foot of our front door. Noise and fumes come into the house. When I protest to the driver I get a load of verbal and aggro, but at least it ends amicably.

This car storage bay is no longer needed

This car storage bay should be removed, to improve visibility and access to the cycling/walking cut-through

The exit to this important cut through has very little visibility when cars are parked, with a white H line that is too short. Those car storage spaces should be removed, now that residents’ parking has reduced the demand in the area.

The introduction of residents’ parking has meant that large amounts of commuter car parking has stopped, which is good; but the space should now be reclaimed by removing unused bays

There’s often plenty of space to make segregated cycleways... it’s just taken up by car storage instead.

There’s often plenty of space to make cycle tracks... it’s just taken up by car storage instead

Vanishing Point Cycle lane disappears!

Coldham’s Lane crossing

Narrow Lane on Cambridge Retail Park, and there's a 5 mph sign. (You need to be pretty skilled to cycle as slow as that!)

Narrow cycle lane at Cambridge Retail park with a blue advisory sign that reads: Cyclists use cycle lane only

Narrow cycle lane at Cambridge Retail park.

Cycle lane markings the wrong way round at Cambridge Retail park.

Cycle lane markings the wrong way round at Cambridge Retail park.

Cycle lane markings the wrong way round at Cambridge Retail park.

Appearing point Narrow cycle lane emerges from footway! The opposite of a vanishing point.

Cycle lane markings the wrong way round at Cambridge Retail park.

Vanishing point The white line goes right up to the kerb where there's a lamp post at which point the cyclist disappears!

Cycle lane markings the wrong way round at Cambridge Retail park.

Cycle lane markings the wrong way round at Cambridge Retail park.

Cycle lane markings the wrong way round at Cambridge Retail park.

The narrow cycle lane markings on each side both suggest to ride away from the camera, but this is not a one-way section of the car park.

The narrow cycle lane markings on each side both suggest to ride away from the camera, but this is not a one-way section of the car park.

The narrow cycle lane markings on each side both suggest to ride away from the camera, but this is not a one-way section of the car park.

Cambridge Retail Park A new narrow cycle lane has been marked out, narrower than the space allocated to the footway. Narrow cycle lanes draw cyclists to the edge of the road where they are less visible to vehicles parking / unparking.

Red Cross Lane - taxis are waiting here, in addition to Addenbrooke's staff parking - parking urgently needs to be eliminated as part of the post-Covid19 recovery plan.

Housing development off Cromwell Road - public realm dominated by motor vehicle storage.

Charles Street, Cambridge - when car storage was permitted on both sides of the road.

Still a useless 'cycle lane' with cars parked in it. As they are allowed to do...single yellow line.

Parking on pavements and the cycle lane at the new Travelodge. See also #108783. Credit: RL

Parking on pavements and the cycle lane at the new Travelodge. See also #108784. Credit: RL

Need for cycle parking on this street.

I measured the gap for pedestrians between the house and the dashed white line as 64cm here, the footway as 1.31 metres and the car space as 2.05 metres. Photo captured using the Measure app on an iPhone 7 … [more]

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There seems to be something in the way of the beautiful view along the Backs.

Crammed in!

Metcalfe Road

Metcalfe Road

Not an ideal place to unload!

Motor vehicles stored right across the footway in Great Eastern Street.

Parking like this makes Puffles want to bring back the old tow-away scheme

"The Courtyard" which sounds nice is actually more of a motor vehicle storage facility. The only cycle parking is against the walls.

Car-dominated new development

'Bus / cycle lane'

A car parked in a parking bay marked in the 'bus / cycle lane'. Really.

Cars parked on the shared-use pavement with double-yellow lines. Typical.

Congestion on Norfolk Street - a hazardous environment caused by the amount of car storage

Car storage scandalously permitted on the pavement

Car storage scandalously permitted on the pavement

Car storage scandalously permitted on the pavement

Parker's Piece disgustingly being used as a car park, purely as a perk for ice rink staff, not for brief delivery reasons

Station Road resembles a vast taxi rank

Station Road resembles a vast taxi rank

Station Road resembles a vast taxi rank

New development - car left untidily on the street, a sign of things to come

New development - car left untidily on the street, a sign of things to come

Look how much safer things are here, how much more attractive, and how much space there is (e.g. for cycle parking, trees, play spaces) without the car storage

This car park is only used lightly - it would be best to remove it and turn it into a productive use of space - housing

Street dominated by car storage

Delivery bay obscures entrance to cycle park

Delivery bay obscures entrance to cycle park

Use of this very tight space for 8-hour parking bays is frankly ridiculous

Use of this very tight space for 8-hour parking bays is frankly ridiculous

Use of this very tight space for 8-hour parking bays is frankly ridiculous

Use of this very tight space for 8-hour parking bays is frankly ridiculous

Cycling and walking here much easier when vehicles not parked - the latter should be banned

Cycling and walking here much easier when vehicles not parked - the latter should be banned

Chaotic, dangerous environment, on Norfolk Street - should be a ban on parking around the school

Chaotic, dangerous environment, on Norfolk Street - should be a ban on parking around the school

Is replacement of the car park with a new car park really the best use of space here? Why not house people, and reduce car dependency, instead?

The parking on the right causes traffic, particularly buses, to queue and be delayed - but the street flows better when no vehicles are present

Typical entitled motorist blocking the pavement.

Car parking here needs to be stopped - the two left vehicles are on the pavement. This means that the intended route for cycles, behind the bollards, doesn't work.

This entrance to the Friends Meeting House nicely doubles as motor vehicle storage.

This car park is almost always unused - surely there are better uses of space

Parking, used by commuters, needs to be removed here on what is now a major cycle route

Parking, used by commuters, needs to be removed here on what is now a major cycle route

Proof that free on-street car parking is massively under-valued

Parking here monopolising the space, despite being an important cycle route

Lots of space for a cycleway on Lensfield Road - a classic case of a road that looks narrow when parking is present, but is actually quite wide

Lots of space for a cycleway on Lensfield Road - a classic case of a road that looks narrow when parking is present, but is actually quite wide

Lots of space for a cycleway on Lensfield Road - a classic case of a road that looks narrow when parking is present, but is actually quite wide

Lots of space for a cycleway on Lensfield Road - a classic case of a road that looks narrow when parking is present, but is actually quite wide

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