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No problem with hospital visitors and staff having to pay to park. I have heard it costs (on average in Britain) £400 per annum to build and maintain a parking space. I'd rather the user paid for this, than the NHS diverted money that should've been used for clinical costs.
Of course that doesn't mean that the staff shouldn't be paid additional money, but why should those who choose not to commute by car be forced to cover the parking costs of those who do?
[i]No problem with hospital visitors and staff having to pay to park. I have heard it costs (on average in Britain) £400 per annum to build and maintain a parking space. I'd rather the user paid for this, than the NHS diverted money that should've been used for clinical costs.[/i]
So less than £2 for 24 hours use - and that assumes it only lasts for one year...
Hora - thats what happens when you embrace capitalism fully - Make a captive market pay
Peyote - indeed - free car parking is a hidden subsidy to car drivers Add to that the value of the land that is being used
but why should those who choose not to commute by car be forced to cover the parking costs of those who do?
You'd expect a tired hospital worker to walk home in the wee hours after a shift?
Or where would they put their bicycle or moped?
If I worked a 12hour night shift and its winter theres no way I'd cycle home.
Its not practical is it? So why penalise the staff?
My mum and two girls she works with got a parking ticket back when we had all the snow. Their work drive was to steep to get into so they parked (legally) in a pay and display. It snowed more, they couldn't get out blah blah put a second ticket it on and got done because the first ticket got clocked. The chap was there so mum tried to have a reasoning session with him. She got the old 'sorry love, once its in the system'. Fair enough except that it seemed to be possible for the system to be over-ridden for the pretty, blond haired, blue eyed big boobed slightly broken English accented nurse (complete with nurses outfit) who was in exactly the same predicament as my mum and the two others but who shed a few 'I can't afford a parking ticket' tears. Nurse never received her ticket, the others did. They all complained and got off it with extenuating circumstances. Parking wardens are grade A muppets. And all men are shallow. 🙂
When I first started driving/first time I got a ticket (I double-ticketted and didnt realise) I asked the Parking attendant politely what happens now? He replied 'you've been ticketed so can stay the rest of the day now'.
Like **** did I beleive him (as I remembered seeing ads/programmes/cars with multiple tickets and the bloody tow trucks that hover around if a car isnt moved. I moved the car pronto. Should have bloody torn his ear off for his blatant attempt to 'earn more'.
You'd expect a tired hospital worker to walk home in the wee hours after a shift?Or where would they put their bicycle or moped?
If I worked a 12hour night shift and its winter theres no way I'd cycle home.
Its not practical is it? So why penalise the staff?
If they can afford to buy and run a car surely they should be able to afford to pay to park it? It's not practical to own one otherwise.
Why penalise staff who don't drive by forcing them to cover costs they don't incur?
So less than £2 for 24 hours use - and that assumes it only lasts for one year...
True, but I suppose there are other costs, such as TJs land values suggestion, security, lighting, car parking management systems. Not sure about the only lasting one year thing*, I assumed it was over the lifetime of the car park so if it lasts five years thats 5x£400, £2000 per space.
* I'd have to dig out the reference to find out the details which may take some time!