Download - Parking for Disabled People
Parking for Disabled People
Patrick Troy Chief Executive
January 2009
Understanding the Background
- Putting the customer first
- A caring society
- Access to goods and services
- Orange to Blue
- The European dimension
Problems?
- Who operates the Blue Badge Scheme?
- Who understands the Blue Badge Scheme?
- Who is eligible for a Blue Badge?
- Who deals with abuse?
Solutions?
- Tackling the abuse
- Clarifying the benefits
- Making it more consistent
- Data sharing across the UK and EU?
Blue Badge Off-Street
• UK Off-Street Disabled Parking Study- Why– The purpose of the study is to gain a better understanding
of the provision, allocation, use, abuse and enforcement of disabled parking spaces in off-street public car parks across the UK in order to improve disabled parking facilities.
Blue Badge - The Off-Street Passport?
• Off-Street Partnership– BPA
– DfT
– BCSC
– Mobilise & Baywatch Campaign
– WSP
Blue Badge – Did you help?...
• UK Off-Street Disabled Parking Study - Where• Town Centre car parks serving mainly retail use
• Retail Parks
• Superstores and Supermarkets
• Railway Stations
• Leisure
• Local Authority Offices
• Hospitals
Blue Badge – Making it Better
• UK Off-Street Disabled Parking Study – What• Does ‘One-size-fits-all’ parking provision lead to abuse?
• Measure disabled parking demands and usage
• Develop Recommendations for the future
for appropriate provision
for days/periods of the week
for different land uses
for safeguarding and enforcement
Ninewells Hospital: Challenges…
• Manage Conflicting demands:
• Allocation of parking spaces (staff v visitors)
• Accommodating the needs of disabled people
• Charging for everyone ?
• Reinvestment of Surplus
Ninewells Hospital: Innovative thinking…
Successful Outcomes!