{"id":66343,"date":"2022-06-23T13:36:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T12:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=66343"},"modified":"2022-06-23T13:36:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T12:36:20","slug":"cathays-new-parking-system-whats-changing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/06\/23\/cathays-new-parking-system-whats-changing\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathays&#8217; new parking system- what&#8217;s changing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Everyone must buy a permit to park in Cathays in new system<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The parking system in Cathays is being overhauled by the council with the aim of giving residents more parking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch this to find out what&#8217;s changing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"New zonal parking system in Cathays\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JZeM0fAgY_c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"New zonal parking system in Cathays\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JZeM0fAgY_c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The council are changing the system to a zonal parking scheme similar to most other cities in the UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new scheme will eliminate all unrestricted parking, meaning everyone must buy a permit to park in Cathays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Permit holders will then be able to park on any of the streets within their zone without getting fined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be some &#8216;two hour no return&#8217; spaces, but permit holders can park in these anyway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cathays Councillor Norma Mackie said: &#8220;The council are very pleased with this new system which has been designed to improve parking for Cathays residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It will do this by ensuring that cars are parked legally and that visitor permits are used properly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Residents of Cathays will now be able to park in Cathays.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The changes are coming after residents complained vehemently about the current system which allows permit holders to park on their street and no others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this system, permit holders were fined for parking on neighbouring streets when their street was full. With the council overselling parking permits for some streets <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2021\/11\/16\/parking-is-a-misery-in-cardiffs-crowded-city-centre-say-elderly-residents\/\">by up to 300%<\/a>, this happened a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, Cathays suffered a <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/04\/25\/surge-in-parking-fines-for-one-of-cardiffs-poorest-areas-despite-decrease-for-rest-of-city\/\">54% rise<\/a> in parking fines last year despite all other wards of Cardiff receiving less than average. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, up to 50% of Cathays&#8217; streets were unrestricted parking, meaning anyone could park there regardless of whether they had a permit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the council are currently painting new white lines around these unrestricted spaces which designates them for permit holders only. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coun Mackie says the system will be reviewed within the year to see if it has been a success. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The parking system in Cathays is being overhauled by the council with the aim of giving residents more parking. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":742,"featured_media":66346,"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":[37,3,1],"tags":[38,132,1305],"coauthors":[7308],"class_list":["post-66343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cathays","category-news","category-outabout","tag-cathays","tag-council","tag-parking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cathays&#039; new parking system- what&#039;s changing? 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