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COMPLIANCE MONITORING Lynn Witham, Managing Director Parking Associates Limited. Why would you need to?. Assess effectiveness of enforcement Measure performance against objectives Make changes to existing operations Trend analysis Plan for the future Strategy and objectives Resources.
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COMPLIANCE MONITORINGLynn Witham, Managing DirectorParking Associates Limited
Why would you need to? • Assess effectiveness of enforcement • Measure performance against objectives • Make changes to existing operations • Trend analysis • Plan for the future • Strategy and objectives • Resources
Clarity of Objectives • What do you need from surveys • Snapshot or measuring changes over time • Areas to concentrate on • How limited do you want the survey to be • How do you want the results analysed, collated and presented • This will determine the nature of the surveys, the data collected and the resulting reports
Examples - 1 • Choose 3-4 areas that are generally representative of the borough and survey only the roads within these areas. For example you could include – • 1 area of high activity, e.g. shops, restaurants, attractions, stations, businesses • 1 area of medium activity, mix of residential parking with some higher activity, perhaps at certain times • 1 area that is predominately residential with high occupancy levels • 1 area that is residential with low occupancy levels
Examples - 2 • Selection of roads throughout the entire borough that are generally representative of the area, based on – • Type of controls • Demographics • Levels and type of usage • Repeated twice a year
Examples - 3 • Rolling surveys of a limited number of roads, using either; • The same roads for every survey • Varying the roads surveyed • Smaller surveys require fewer resources and can be carried out regularly
Methodology • Patrol at different times of the day and on different days of the week and months, e.g. • Peak, non-peak periods during day • Evenings, week-ends, bank-holidays • Enter data into spreadsheets • Basic capture includes • Number/type of vehicles, type of control, method of payment, permits, contraventions, blue badges
Additional Data • Profiling of area and activity type • Length of vehicle stay • Parking space demand and capacity • Lines and signs compliance • Enforcement activity • Location and type of bays • Improvement suggestions
Mystery Shopping • Obtaining PCNs • Speaking to CEOs • Agreed scenarios • Agreed behaviours • Visiting enquiry offices • Requests for enforcement • Following up PCNs