{"id":319108,"date":"2025-08-05T06:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T06:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/319108\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T06:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T06:23:12","slug":"brazen-selfish-parking-or-residents-left-with-no-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/319108\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazen selfish parking or &#8216;residents left with no choice&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Debate rages online over image of cars parked in line on pavement outside homes<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_brazenpavementparkingblur.jpg\" alt=\"Multiple cars have been spotted parking fully on the pavement outside houses in Bailey Street on the edge of Liverpool city centre \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Multiple cars have been spotted parking fully on the pavement outside houses in Bailey Street on the edge of Liverpool city centre <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Images of a row of cars parked on pavements outside houses on a Liverpool street have sparked criticism and debate. The pictures were taken recently and show a number of vehicles parked fully on the pathway in Bailey Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Bailey Street is a very small road on the edge of <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/liverpool-city-centre\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool City Centre<\/a>, which lies close to the city&#8217;s Anglican Cathedral and the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/liverpool-chinatown\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinatown area.<\/a> Concerns have now been raised about the parking situation in the street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One worried reader sent the image of several cars parked fully on the pavement of Bailey Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They asked: &#8220;Why do residents park directly outside their front doors? Would this block emergency services getting inside?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The image has also been shared on social media discussion site reddit, where many commenters also criticised those choosing to park their vehicles in this way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One user said: &#8220;So many drivers don\u2019t think about how their parking forces wheelchair and pram users into the road.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Another commenter said: &#8220;My heart sinks a little every time I see a pensioner with a walker having to take their time on the side of the road because of how common this is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">And another reddit user added: &#8220;Because god forbid they have to walk a few extra feet just so that disabled people can freely get around.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">But some on the forum had more sympathy for the residents of the tiny road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One said: &#8220;Now to be fair to them where the hell else are they supposed to park? That street is tiny.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Another added: &#8220;I would say obviously in this situation parking on the road would block the road and they have no choice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/worst-streets-merseyside-selfish-pavement-31654321\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Pavement parking<\/a> is a major issue here in Merseyside and causes great concerns for many.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It is a particular problem for people in wheelchairs or parents with prams, who can find themselves forced into roads when pavements and pathways are blocked by parked cars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/liverpool-council\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool City Council<\/a> has vowed to crack down on pavement parking in the city, but leaders say they need more powers to do this &#8211; similar to how it operates in London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In the capital, pavement parking is generally banned and local councils have the power to enforce this ban. There are exemptions where it can be allowed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">But outside of the capital, the same rules do not apply and the same powers are not afforded to local councils to take the same action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Cllr Nick Small, Liverpool City Council&#8217;s cabinet member for growth and the economy, previously told the ECHO: &#8220;Councils outside London need the same legal powers as London councils to be able to determine locally exactly what&#8217;s right to deal with the problems in their patch as they see fit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/liverpool-council\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool Council<\/a> said it is aware of the situation in Bailey Street and is investigating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Debate rages online over image of cars parked in line on pavement outside homesMultiple cars have been spotted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,2349,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-319108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-liverpool-city-centre","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114974727451231927","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}