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Re: Bringing in Waste Bins
2011-12-12 18:25:13 UTC
Thanks for your reply Rick.
Yes I have considered the possibility that we might have some sort of modest 'fine' created (enough to remind people, but not enough to annoy them too much). Regrettably in the UK we have for many years had a very centralised government structure, which does not allow local councils to create their own 'by-laws' (sounds like what you call an 'ordinance') without Government approval. Naturally this is expensive and time-consuming and there are a lot of hoops to jump through in terms of justifying the need for it etc etc!!
The current Government is trying its best to decentralise powers, but this does not stretch to the creation of by-laws... yet!
Thanks again - good to hear that a 'fine' system has at least been implemented successfully elsewhere.
Stephen
Stephen Psallidas
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Re: Bringing in Waste Bins
2011-12-12 14:40:08 UTC
Thanks all for your comments so far. Yes, I had thought of some sort of community engagement/event so that's useful support.
There is not really enough room at the front of the houses for the bins - or more to the point there is, but most residents far prefer to have dirty things like this at the rear of their properties!
I did think that there was a possibility of doing something where we would put stickers on the bins, go down the back lanes regularly, and enter into a prize draw those houses where we did NOT find the stickers. Anyone got any views on this proposal?
Thanks.
Stephen Psallidas
United Kingdom -
Bringing in Waste Bins
2011-12-11 18:35:49 UTC
I am an elected councillor in Newcastle, UK. We have a system where 2 good-sized 'wheeled' bins are provided to each household - one for their recycling, and one for their 'residual' waste. The bins are placed in the back lane which runs behind streets, and are emptied there by the wagons. This works well, except for one thing - virtually no-one brings their bins back into their house after collection!!! They simply stay there semi-permanently.
Why is this a problem?
(a) it creates a real visual eyesore
(b) it allows burglars to use them to climb over boundary walls into residents' rear yards
(c) bins are regularly set on fire by vandals, costing the Fire Service tens of thousands annually in 'event' callouts, plus the cost of bin replacement.
(d) it causes blockage for emergency services if they need to access houses from the rear in a real emergency.
We have tried to tackle this through straightforward but resource-intensive 'education' campaigns, which tend to work for a short period and then the effect gradually tails off, ending up in the same situation again.
The problem is exacerbated by the fact that there is a very high turnover of residents in the neighbourhood, specifically students.
Has anyone got any 'initial' obvious ideas for how to try and tackle this through CBSM?
Thanks,
Steve
Stephen Psallidas
United Kingdom -
Re: Mutlimodal Transportation Marketing Plans
2011-01-12 11:09:34 UTC
Jill, hello from England. You might like to visit the website www.carplus.org.uk which has a number of case studies about car-pooling (which we call "car sharing" in the UK). In summary, hard measures like provision of dedicated, free car-pooling parking spaces (ideally by replacing existing non-car-pooling spaces) has a MASSIVE positive effect on the take-up of this form of travel. The effect is even strong when there is a _guaranteed_ parking place for car-poolers. Steve
Stephen Psallidas
Nexus
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Re: Mutlimodal Transportation Marketing Plans
2011-01-12 10:57:53 UTC
PS I should add that the massive differences to behaviour by providing dedicated car-parking spaces are obviously only effective where there is significant parking pressure.. if there are acres of empty, free parking spaces then dedicated bays will be ignored!
Stephen Psallidas
Nexus
United Kingdom
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Re: Stranger Danger - a Barrier to Carpooling Programs?
2011-01-12 10:45:15 UTC
Here in Newcastle (UK), we have a car-pooling system which contains both private employer schemes and a 'public' option. On the Public option, without wanting to sound stereotypical, we wondered whether there might be a large majority of male users over female users, due to concerns over 'stranger danger'. However upon analysis we have found that, although there is a small majority, the figures are only 55% M - 45% F so I don't think there is any clear evidence (from our figures anyway) that the 'stranger danger' argument applies.
Stephen Psallidas
Nexus
Australia
www.gosmarter.co.uk
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