Absolutely moronic, ill thought out new rules from the council introduced with City’s blessing.
I used to park on James St outside the dog groomers on a stretch of road solely populated by businesses all of which have ample off-road parking at the front. Never saw any problems whatsoever with cars blocking entrances or congestion of any kind.
This area is now restricted so everyone parks their car 30 yds across the junction on the continuation of James Rd which is all residential on one side. Everyone was considerately parked but cars were cheek to jowel and there were situations whereby if a resident was reversing off their drive it was gonna be a bit of a tight angle with poor visibility.
So 30 or 40 cars park 30 or 40 yards further away and create a bit of a nuisance on a previously quiet residential street and nobody benefits. Brilliant.