Residents Parking Zone in Brandon Hill and Clifton

Second hand via the Evening Post, I read the following:

Residents parking zones are to come into force in two areas of Bristol by the end of next year.

The city council plans to introduce the controversial pilot schemes to Kingsdown and Brandon Hill in Clifton. More than 3,000 households will be affected by the permanent measures, which should be in place by December 2009. The two zones were chosen after a consultation carried out earlier this year showed more than half the residents living in the areas were in favour of some kind of parking permit scheme.

The city council will spend around £810,000 putting the schemes in place and a further £235,000 a year to keep it up and running.

Permits will cost £30 for one car, a further £80 for a second car and an extra £200 for households whose owners which want to park three cars on their streets. In homes which are divided into flats, each council tax payer will be able to apply for their own pass, costing £30 each for the first car. And permits for visitors will be issued with the first 50 being free and the second 50 costing £1 each.

Extra pay and display zones will be set up around streets in the areas where businesses depend on passing trade - such as shops and hairdressers. Parking here is likely to be free for the first 15 minutes of a stay.

Other issues, such as the number of permits allowed for multi-occupancy homes and the maximum number of permits allowed per household, are yet to be decided and will be subject to further consultation. Permits will be attached to the household and will are likely to be allocated according to vehicle registration.

Let's remind ourselves of what "more than half" means in this context:

Kingsdown: 51.1 per cent of respondents in favour; 16.9 per cent totally against

Brandon Hill: 54.9 per cent of respondents in favour; 17.5 per cent totally against

And remember, that's two areas out of approximately nine (?). See here for a discussion of "The Prisoner's Dilemma". And here's a wikipedia page about Salami Tactics.

Still nothing on the Council's website. They've got all the tools to put this information directly in front of local taxpayers - why does the council not use them?