Free car parking isn’t all it’s cut out to be

While I generally support the Lewes free parking initiative during the run up to Christmas, it does demonstrate the role of charging in keeping spaces available.
By Letter by a Reader
Published 24th Dec 2019, 10:13 BST

With no charges it was almost impossible to find a parking space last weekend as no one felt any pressure to return to their cars.

Perhaps a shop sold an extra cup of coffee, but others will have lost sales of more expensive items to the internet as people left having been unable to park.

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This experience puts a different complexion on the current arguments about hospital parking charges.

If parking were free it would be far harder to find a space. It is better to be able to park and pay than not to park at all.

David Goodwin

Spital Road

Lewes