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Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Mountbatten Area – Residents Parking Survey Results

Number of forms distributed          1408
Number of Responses                 672                                         (48%)

1.    Do you have parking problems in the road/area where you live?

Everyday                                                                                     (40%)
Weekdays                                                                                   (3%)
Weekends                                                                                   (10%)
Often                                                                                            (18%)
Weekday evenings                                                                    (16%)
Only during specific events                                                       (2%)
Never                                                                                           (11%)
Unanswered                                                                               (0%)

2.    What do you think is the reason for the parking problems?

Commercial Vehicles                                                                (30%)
Shoppers parking                                                                      (7%)
Some households have too many cars                                   (38%)
Commuter parking                                                                     (6%)
Specific Events                                                                          (4%)
Other                                                                                            (15%)
Unanswered                                                                               (0%)

3.    Do you think a residents’ parking scheme would be helpful to you and/ or your visitors?

Yes                                                                                               (51%)
No                                                                                                 (43%)
Sometimes                                                                                  (5%)
Unanswered                                                                                (1%)

4.    If the result of this survey shows that the majority of residents think that a parking scheme would be helpful, would you like us to take further action to set up a scheme?

Yes                                                                                               (51%)
No                                                                                                 (39%)
No Preference                                                                            (7%)
Not interested                                                                             (2%)
Unanswered                                                                                (1%)

5.    If the result of this survey shows that the majority of residents think that a parking scheme
     would be helpful, which days of the week do you think it should run?

7 days a week                                                                            (54%)
Weekends only                                                                          (3%)
Monday to Friday                                                                       (8%)
Other                                                                                            (2%)
Not interested/no days                                                               (33%)
Unanswered                                                                                (0%)

6.    What time of the day do you think the parking scheme should run?

24hours                                                                                       (43%)
6pm-6am                                                                                     (19%)
6am-6pm                                                                                     (3%)
Other                                                                                            (2%)
Not interested/no times                                                             (33%)
Unanswered                                                                               (0%)

7.    Do you think a residents’ parking scheme was introduced in your area that it should include a period of free parking for visitors, trades people and traders?

Yes                                                                                               (68%)
No                                                                                                (16%)
No preference                                                                            (5%)
Not interested                                                                             (11%)
Unanswered                                                                               (0%)


8.    How long do you think this period of free parking should be for?

1 hour                                                                                          (16%)
2 hours                                                                                        (28%)
3 hours                                                                                        (23%)
Not interested                                                                             (21%)
Other                                                                                            (12%)
Unanswered                                                                                (0%)

9.    Is the address we sent this survey to your home or business address?

Home                                                                                          (97%)
Business                                                                                     (1%)
Both                                                                                             (1%)
Unanswered                                                                               (1%)

10. How many vehicles registered to the area? 847

Apologies for the formatting but this information has been copied from a word document.

Cllr Alistair Thompson