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Car idling, parking, health, environment concerns

Reported via desktop in the Pay & display machine category anonymously at 11:32, Saturday 17 May 2025

Sent to Bristol City Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 7581997.

Engine idling in this street is becoming chronic, almost constant. People idle their cars often 20 minutes or more, waiting for the pay and display machine to be free or waiting on their free half hour slot. This is directly outside houses and gardens and along a walk route for the primary school. Lorries and deliveries also wait on this section of road, idling whilst leaving their vehicles empty, some over 30 minute at a time, such as Tesco, Prime, delivery vans, builders etc. On top of that, with all the parents dropping kids off at the nearby school we get lots of parents leaving their engines on to when speaking with other parents etc. Not only is it a nuisance but it’s detrimental to the air quality and poses an increased health risk, especially near a school. Is it possible to get some signs installed warning people to not engine idle? One at the pay and display and some where the parking Permit notices are, such as in Arley Hill.

Updates

  • A new enquiry has been raised for this issue.

    Posted by Bristol City Council at 11:33, Saturday 17 May 2025

  • This issue has been resolved. No further action is required at this time.

    State changed to: Fixed

    Posted by Bristol City Council at 07:45, Sunday 18 May 2025

This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location. Please reference 7581997 in your new report if it is an update on this one.