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Delivery of Schemes 127located and of a design thatmeets their preferences. It isdesirable for local authorities tooffer advice to developers aspart of the planning process onthe design and provision of cycleparking facilities.Where there are particularproblems of vandalism and theft,the use of cycle lockers,especially for medium to longstayuse such as at stations andleisure facilities, should beconsidered. Where control ofaccess or finance are significantissues, the lockers can be rentedon an hourly or daily basis, orleased for permanent use byregular users who need toguarantee availability.Further advice is available in theIHT publication Cycle-FriendlyInfrastructure (11).Taxi ranksIt is useful to mark out bays to beused by taxis at town centres,stations and other key places,even if there are no other onstreetparking controls. Thishelps to bring taxis and theirpotential customers together,and to avoid random parking bytaxis. The use of taxi ranks incontrolled areas should bemonitored from time to time asspaces that are little used mightbe reallocated for otherpurposes. The Regulations (4)introduced a wide yellow stripe toindicate which taxi bays prohibitstopping, not just waiting, byother vehicles.Footway crossoversThe policy approach tocrossovers is discussed inChapter 6. It will be necessary inaddition for local authorities toconsider the knock-on effectswhen on-street parking controlsare introduced.Where parking controls areintroduced householdersfrequently seek crossovers toallow parking in front gardens inorder to avoid the restrictions, orthe residents’ permit charge.When introducing parkingcontrols in residential areas thatdo not have off-street parking itis, therefore, useful to considerwhether further planning controlsare necessary to prevent theconstruction of crossovers. InConservation Areas this can beachieved by making an Article 4Direction under the Town andCountry Planning Acts.New crossovers should beintroduced sparingly, if at all, inareas with significant pedestrianmovement. A maximumpedestrian flow could be decidedabove which new crossoverswould not be allowed.It should be noted thatcrossovers provide the only legalauthority for driving on thefootway, to gain access topremises. Where they arepermitted they must beconstructed by the highwayauthority, or to its specification,with the costs being reimbursedby the applicant for thecrossover. Statutory Undertakershave to be consulted to ensureprotection of buried plant.Planning consent for a newcrossover is only required on aclassified road.Sports StadiaSports stadia are often located inareas where resident parkingschemes are not normallyrequired, or do not cover the timeperiod when matches are held.In these cases a match dayparking scheme can beintroduced. The signing andmanagement of such schemescan be complex and localauthorities considering a matchday scheme should take advicefrom authorities with existingschemes and from theDepartment for Transport inEngland, the Welsh Assembly inWales and the ScottishExecutive in Scotland.Planning theimplementation of majorParking Control SchemesThe team for implementing aproject requires a wide skill base.If an authority is to implementDecriminalised ParkingEnforcement and a ControlledParking Zone, they cannot passImprovised cycle parking –Westminster.Taxi rank: on-street provision.