Parking survey
A parking beat survey was undertaken on all streets in the original consultation area. This method of survey uses manual enumerators who record part of a vehicle’s registration plate (so that they are not collecting personal data). They do this on a regular “beat” of one hour. By matching partial registration plates across the survey period, it is possible to determine how long vehicles are parking for as well as parking occupancy during every hourly beat period. Because of Earlsdon’s busy “evening economy” scene, we undertook the parking beat survey over a longer period than usual – 6am to Midnight. We also did two surveys – one on a weekday and one on a Saturday. The table below shows the level of “parking stress” on each street, averaged out during different survey periods. Parking stress is the proportion of spaces taken up: the closer to 100%, the higher the parking stress.
|
Street Name |
Thursday parking stress (average over period) |
Saturday parking stress (average over period) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of day |
06:00-24:00 |
08:00-18:00 |
06:00-24:00 |
08:00-18:00 |
|
Arden Street |
89% |
90% |
93% |
98% |
|
Avondale Road |
79% |
79% |
75% |
74% |
|
Beechwood Avenue |
6% |
7% |
7% |
9% |
|
Berkeley Road South |
78% |
84% |
84% |
89% |
|
Clarendon Street |
76% |
74% |
77% |
76% |
|
Earlsdon Ave Nth |
76% |
79% |
59% |
63% |
|
Earlsdon Ave Sth |
23% |
26% |
21% |
24% |
|
Earlsdon Street |
57% |
67% |
59% |
69% |
|
Hartington Crescent |
45% |
48% |
45% |
46% |
|
Moor Street |
64% |
68% |
59% |
59% |
|
Newcombe Road |
72% |
79% |
79% |
82% |
|
Osborne Road |
77% |
84% |
83% |
88% |
|
Palmerston Road |
65% |
63% |
67% |
70% |
|
Poplar Road |
68% |
69% |
71% |
72% |
|
Providence Street |
72% |
83% |
82% |
91% |
|
Radcliffe Road |
75% |
80% |
68% |
66% |
|
Rochester Road |
34% |
40% |
29% |
31% |
|
Shaftesbury Road |
72% |
73% |
68% |
73% |
|
St Andrews Road |
64% |
72% |
55% |
63% |
|
Stanley Road |
80% |
77% |
81% |
83% |
|
Styvechale Avenue |
66% |
69% |
60% |
60% |
|
Warwick Court OSCP |
43% |
50% |
47% |
64% |
|
Warwick Street |
83% |
88% |
85% |
98% |
|
Warwick Avenue |
28% |
32% |
23% |
24% |
It is clear to see that the areas with the greatest parking stress are those closest to Earlsdon Street, namely:
- Arden Street
- Berkeley Road South
- Newcombe Road
- Osborne Road
- Providence Street
- Radcliffe Road
- Stanley Road
- Warwick Street
These streets all had parking stress regularly over 80%. Parking stress above 85% is usually considered inefficient, as it means that motorists must excessively circulate for parking, contributing to congestion. This obviously affects people’s quality of life by making it more difficult to park close to their homes, and worsens air pollution. The streets where parking stress is greater at weekends may suggest shopping or leisure activities are a contributory factor to parking activity. This is clearly the case in Warwick Street off-street car park, which is much busier for parking at weekends, as is Beechwood Avenue.
This data was used to inform decisions about proposing to make some streets one-way, in order to increase parking by reducing yellow lines, however these elements of the scheme were not taken forward following public feedback. Residents may wish to organise a petition for a permit parking scheme, in line with our resident parking scheme policy.