Bristol City Council Parking Policies and Reports
Source: data.gov.uk (2024-04-22)

Bristol City Council Parking Spaces. Free parking spaces available within Bristol which are provided directly by the local authority, and

Parking spaces where charges apply that are available within Bristol which are provided directly by the local authority.

For Off Street Park & Ride sites, the following applies:

Car parking is free but there is a charge to use the bus service	
Data taken from www.travelwest.info

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Bristol's parking strategy

We control all on-street and most off-street public parking in the city centre.

We also control the three park and ride sites at:
- Brislington
- Long Ashton
- the Portway
We have little direct control of public parking outside the centre, but have established many local area shoppers' car parks.

Our parking strategy is based on the following objectives:
- Reduce unnecessary use of private cars especially in the city centre.
- Enhance the vitality of the city.
- Encourage alternative modes of transport.
- Guide appropriate scale, location and standards for all private and public parking, including branding of all city parking.
For more information on our parking strategy see Local Transport Plans. (/residents/streets-travel/transport-plans-and-projects/joint-local-transport-plan-2020-to-2036)

Annual parking reports

We are required to produce an annual parking report, under the requirements of the Traffic Management Act 2004.
- pdf Parking Services Annual Report 2024 to 2025(654 KB) (/files/documents/10470-parking-services-annual-report-2024-to-2025-final-published)
- pdf Parking Services Annual Report 2023 to 2024(659 KB) (/files/documents/8969-parking-services-annual-report-2023-2024)
- pdf Parking Services Annual Report 2022 to 2023(498 KB) (/files/documents/8968-parking-services-annual-report-2022-to-2023)
- pdf Parking Services Annual Report 2021 to 2022(402 KB) (/files/documents/6251-parking-services-annual-report-2021-to-2022)
- pdf Parking Services Annual Report 2020 to 2021(379 KB) (/files/documents/6083-parking-services-annual-report-2020-to-2021)
- pdf Parking services Annual Report 2019 to 2020(356 KB) (/files/documents/5911-parking-services-annual-report-2019-to-2020)
- pdf Parking services Annual Report 2018 to 2019(387 KB) (/files/1196-annual-report-2018-19-final)
We are also asked to make available reports associated to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal. These are listed below.

Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London (PATROL) Adjudication Joint Committee

We are a member of this joint committee. You can look at annual accounts and other documents at tha PATROL website (https://www.patrol-uk.info/joint-committee-downloads/).
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