{"id":24737,"date":"2017-11-10T15:58:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T15:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=24737"},"modified":"2017-11-10T15:58:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T15:58:15","slug":"is-cardiff-council-spending-its-money-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/is-cardiff-council-spending-its-money-well","title":{"rendered":"Is Cardiff Council spending its money well?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Cardiff Council has spent \u00a3900,000 on a new parking system to help people find spaces, we asked the people of Cardiff if this was a good spend of their money.<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24738\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Parking-Meter-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24738\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Parking-Meter-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\nThe scheme, involving thousands of sensors and a new phone app, is aiming to reduce congestion and pollution in the city, easing every day and event traffic.<br \/>\nUsing data from sensors the app gives drivers real time updates on parking spaces available all over the city.<br \/>\nCouncilor Caro Wild <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-wales-south-east-wales-41900277\">told the BBC<\/a>, &#8220;Congestion and driving at low speeds significantly increases pollutants from cars, so we want people to find a space and park as quickly as possible.&#8221;<br \/>\nWales currently has more motorists on the road than ever before, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/gov.wales\/docs\/statistics\/2017\/171108-road-traffic-2016-en.pdf\">Welsh Government<\/a>. But is this spending on parking justified in a city with many other issues to be dealt with? What should the council&#8217;s priorities be?<br \/>\nWe headed out to hear what the people of Cardiff thought. A member of the public who wished to remain anonymous had this to say about the new app,\u00a0&#8220;You don\u2019t struggle to get parking around here anyway because it is so expensive so you don\u2019t need to be able to find space.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>June, Retired<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24746\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24746\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24746 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/June-Retired-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24746 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/June-Retired-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> I wouldn\u2019t have thought so. I think we should have a proper bus station in Cardiff which we haven\u2019t got.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Sam, Student<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24786\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24786\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24786 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Sam-Student-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24786 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Sam-Student-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> No, anything over than that.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Terry, Retired<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24769\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24769\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24769 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Terry-Retired-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24769 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Terry-Retired-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> No I don\u2019t, In my view that is not good, not good at all. The council cleansing department for a start you know the rubbish removal is non-existent. Rubbish, rubbish, rubbish!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><b>Carys, Cardiff University Employee<\/b><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24800\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24800\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24800 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Carys-Cardiff-Uni-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24800 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Carys-Cardiff-Uni-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> I certainly use the app instead of trying to find a machine that works.\u00a0I didn\u2019t know it cost that much.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Chris, Cardiff University\u00a0<\/strong><b>Employee<\/b><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24821\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24821 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Chris-Cardiff-Uni-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24821 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Chris-Cardiff-Uni-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> \u00a3900,000? Well if in the long run it saves money somehow. It\u2019s a good idea yeah make people able to park easier that would be a good thing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff Council has spent \u00a3900,000 on a new parking system, we asked the people of Cardiff if this was a good spend of their money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":24738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-24737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-social-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is Cardiff Council spending its money well? 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