City to start charging blue badge holders for matchday disabled parking

[Superace]

Superace.

Was that a constant 50% for every home match in the PL, domestic cups, and the CL, or did it vary!

I don't know to be honest be interested to know.

 

[jrb]

My apologies I didn't mean to come across as sarcastic.

No probs.

There are no official figures of empty blue badge car parking spaces per match or over the course of the season.

City have the true figures. What haven’t City released those figures to back up their claim?

 

[its grim up north]

Generally life costs more for disabled people and their families, spending more on essential goods and services like; heating, insurance, equipment and therapies. These extra costs mean the majority of disabled people in the UK have less money in their pocket than non-disabled people, or go without.

But don't disadvantaged people get benefits, and their families and carers get allowances.

 

[paulchapo]

Why because you disagree. That's fine, no issue if you have a different opinion, different opinions don't get me angry.

I didn't say I was angry I said I'm trying to be polite. I just find it rather sad that anybody could consider this move by the club a good idea when it penalises fellow fans. For me it shows an uncaring nature.

 

[paulchapo]

That won't solve it.

Are you a wum?

 

[jrb]

Because we don’t know how many car parking spaces are allocated to blue badge holders, that claim of around 50% from the club could be a handful per match, or much more than that.

I doubt very much blue badge holders would miss the big games. Like other City fans, they may have not bothered with the lesser games, midweek games, or rearragned games, as well as having valid reasons for not going to games.

 

[paulchapo]

Because we don’t know how many car parking spaces are allocated to blue badge holders, that claim of around 50% from the club could be a handful per match, or much more than that.

I doubt very much blue badge holders would miss the big games. Like other City fans, they may have not bothered with the lesser games, midweek games, or rearragned games.

A good point about lesser games and rearranged fixtures. Do they have to book the spaces in advance for the whole season?

 

[Stephen230]

If we take the club at its word and accept this is all about stopping no shows booking spots, then why go all in with £12 a game?

Even a nominal fee would put people off booking if they had little intention of coming.

I do it myself with the kidzone. I’ll book tickets because they’re free, even if there’s just a slight chance I might end up bringing them. Even if it was a nominal pound or two, I wouldn’t bother unless I was at least pretty sure they’d be coming.

 

[knuckles]

But don't disadvantaged people get benefits, and their families and carers get allowances.

That's true, but according to Scope UK, people living with a disability face extra costs on average of £570 a month as a result of their impairment.

This ‘disability price tag’ costs an average of £6,840 a year; however one in four disabled people pay over £12,000 a year extra due to their condition.

The nature of the extra costs vary significantly across different disabilities, with some of the main costs covering specialist equipment such as wheelchairs, alterations to the home and increased transport costs.

As a result, for every £100 a disabled person earns, their spending power is just £67.

The increased cost of living with a disability, in conjunction with possible reduced working hours, means that disabled people are disproportionately living in poverty. Disabled adults are actually twice as likely as non-disabled adults to live in persistent poverty. Pretty shite state of affairs when you think about it.

 

[Craig]

Because 50% are booking the space and not using it.

I’m sure that issue wouldn’t be that difficult to sort out without charging every disabled fan £228.