Liverpool Airport parking praised again

 (L to R) Inspector Bob Daly with Warren Armstrong and Ste O’Brien from JLA’s Car Park Team, Sergeant Frank Stott from Merseyside Police and Mark Osmond the Safe Parking Scheme Manager.

Travellers parking at Liverpool Airport will be pleased to learn that the facilities have been praised once again by the Merseyside Police’s Safer Parking Scheme.

Inspector Bob Daly, of Merseyside Police, presented the Airport’s Car Parks team with their Safer Parking Award following the on-site car parks having been recognised for outstanding levels of security.

The Safer Parking Scheme was set up by the Association of Chief Police Officers to reduce crime and the fear of crime and anti-social behaviour in parking areas. The Park Mark Safer Parking Award is granted to parking areas that have passed the risk assessment carried out by police officers.

Being awarded the Park Mark means that the Airport has put in place measures which help to deter criminal activity. The Airport provides a safe and secure environment, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, covering all 8,000 spaces. In addition to an extensive CCTV system, the car park is fitted with state of the art Automatic Number Plate Recognition barrier control equipment.

Ste Taylor, Head of Security & Terminal Operations for Liverpool John Lennon Airport commented, “We are really pleased to have been awarded the Park Mark Award again. A car is probably one of our customers’ most valued possessions and they want the assurance of parking in a safe, secure, on-airport environment, rather than worrying about it being driven by a stranger and parked in an unknown location whilst they’re away on holiday.

“The team here work hard to ensure that our facilities are safe and secure and they are really pleased that the police inspection has shown this to be the case. We are all proud of this stamp of approval.”

Inspector Daly added, “The Safer Parking Scheme Award recognises the excellent work that is undertaken by Liverpool John Lennon Airport and its partners to minimise the risk to vehicles parked at the airport. Merseyside Police is committed to serving the public travelling in and out of the airport and is keen to help in ensuring that passenger’s experience of using the airport is memorable for all of the right reasons”.

Green P Parking - Self Sufficient Eco Parking Bays in Wasted Spaces

With space at a premium it is little wonder many designers and architects have set their sights on car parks that take up little space in over crowded cities.

So take, for example, the innovative eco parking concept by Lithuanian industrial designers, Algis Berziunas and Laima Rimkute, the Green P parking system.

Their idea is to place parking in unused small sites within city streets that are self sufficient by harvesting sunlight through solar panels on top of the parking site. The solar-panel-generated electricity could then be used to power street lighting, or provide charging for electric or hybrid vehicles.

What’s more, the parking spaces can be purpose built to fit under roadways, in essentially an underground car park that the designers say “decentralises” car parking, operating on a lift system. Cars would use a system of lifts that would take the vehicles underground, and slot them into an individual parking bay.

Change to bus stops for Heathrow parking

Heathrow car parks will be using a different bus stop for their transfer buses between now and September 30.

The car parks are as follows:

Long Stay terminals 1 and 3:

T1 - bus stop 2

T3 - bus stop 16

Business Parking Terminals 1 and 3: 

T1 - bus stop 2

T3 - bus stop 16

Long Stay terminal 4: 
bus stop 23

Business Parking terminal 4: 
bus stop 23

Bedford Council installs solar powered parking meters

In the past we have mentioned various forms of eco parking and now Bedford Borough Council has got in on the act with the installation of two MP 104 solar powered EMV, level 2, credit card terminals.

The introduction of the solar powered terminals offers significant reduction in costs for the council as the terminals did not require the installation of a mains supply.