1. What is working well and where can it be improved?
Achieving Town Centre objectives by applying digital technologies to parking and transport.
What is working well and where can it be improved?
Lorna Hogg, Parking Officer Aberdeenshire Council

2. About Aberdeenshire Area: 6313 square km (2437 sq miles)
8% Scotland’s overall territory
4% Scotland’s population - 262,000
14 large settlements (1/4 of population in 5 main settlements)
113 Off Street Car Parks

3. Town Centre Objectives
An increase in local employment opportunities for all
Towns become more safe, attractive places to live, work and visit
Maintained/enhanced accessibility, social vitality and commercial viability of the towns, especially their centres

4. Town Centre First Principle
Jointly developed - Scottish Government and Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
Health of town centres to feature in decision making processes.
First local authority in Scotland to adopt the principle on a Council wide basis

5. Parking in Aberdeenshire
On-street parking - remains with Police Scotland
Electric vehicle charge points
2013/14: Machine replacement
Dec 2014: tariff change - free periods introduced
Jan 2016: Notice Processing system & integrated mobile phone ticket issuing
March 2017: Cashless Parking introduced
June 2017 – January 2018: Parking review

6. What is working well Registration linked P&D tickets
P&D machine monitoring
P&D machine fault response
Excess Charge Notice (ECN) issuing
Notice processing
Cashless Parking
Body worn video cameras

7. Where can it be improved?
P&D Machines – card payments
Free periods – budget; machine use; loyalty app
Misuse of EV charging bays
On street parking management
Real time parking information

8. Summary Challenges to further improvement: Budget
Improved accessibility
Stronger links with Communities
Summary
App linking loyalty to business to parking
Machine fault response
Free Periods
Survey engagement
Cashless parking
Increased footfall
Income
Enforcement
Challenges to further improvement:
Budget
Cost/benefit analysis
Low/no charges
Body worn video
Safe
Clean, maintained facilities
Safe attractive places to live, work and visit

9. Lorna Hogg, Parking Officer lorna.hogg@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
Thank you
Lorna Hogg, Parking Officer
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