Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:

It's rather different where my parents live. It's about 500 metres from
the station entrance and there are about two cars per house on a street
with virtually no off-street parking. Before residents' parking was
introduced, parking was alost impossible, due to commuters;now it's just
difficult... (an improvement - just)

These things are always difficult to discuss, because of this mistaken
view that some people seem to have that the road near their home is for
their exclusive use.

If the street is going to be restricted so that only residents and their
visitors can beneficially use them, then the carriageway there should be
completely removed from the network of public highways and ought to be
maintained/drained/lit/policed entirely at the expense of the residents
(just like any other private land has to be). That's only fair.

OTOH, if the parking restrictions (or a part of them) are there to
prevent congestion and to ensure access (eg, corner-protection and
enforced access for dire-engines, etc), that's another matter. But that
(highly practical) consideration rarely requires a complete ban on
parking, and never requires a ban on the parking of Tweedledum's car
whilst allowing the parking of Tweedledee's vehicle.