ePetition - Re-instate cash and card parking meters
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Re-instate cash and card parking meters
We the undersigned petition Brighton & Hove Council to re-instate all existing cash and card parking meters in Brighton and Hove immediately.
Changing payments to an app only system requires drivers to have a smartphone with a connected bank account available at all times. This is discriminatory against certain people, for example:
- The elderly and others who may have difficulty managing the technology
- People who don’t wish to have a smartphone, or to have to carry one with them at all times, whether that is for personal reasons or reasons of general privacy.
- Visitors to the city, who may not want to download a new app for a short trip.
- People that are worried about security issues when connecting bank accounts to phones.
- People on Pay As You Go phone contracts that may not have credit available on their phones when needing to park.
This is also is another step towards a cashless society, something that concerns many, including respected financial journalists, consumer watchdogs, human rights organisations, homeless charities, and some in the banking sector.
Parking fees generate huge amounts of income for Brighton and
Hove. Some of this money should be used to keep parking meters in
service to provide fair access to parking for all.
This ePetition ran from 14/06/2023 to 19/07/2023 and has now finished.
217 people signed this ePetition.
Council response
Will be presented to Full Council on 20 July 2023