Please join us in asking Bristol City Council to ban pavement parking in the city.

Many areas of central Bristol have narrow roads and pavements, and so when cars and vans park on the pavements, they block them.

This makes it hard to walk safely, especially for those with disabilities, those pushing prams and buggies and those with low vision. People in wheelchairs or on mobility scooters are also badly affected.

Pavement parking can also force people into the road, putting themselves at risk from traffic.

The law on pavement parking is a grey area, and councils have limited powers to ban it. But Sheffield City Council is making the most of the powers it does have and is clamping down on pavement parking in those city-centre streets that the law allows it to.

Bristol could do the same right now, and could call on the Government to strengthen council’s powers to ban pavement parking where bans are needed.

Pavements should be for people, not cars. Please add your name to our petition to ask Bristol City Council to take action on pavement parking.