[Will]

I can believe that, people working in Stratford have been gradually pushed further and further out of town, and caused more problems for residents and shops. The irony is that these measures were 'apparently' put in place to ease traffic congestion, but all that's happened is the traffic has been pushed into the smaller roads on the edge of the town center, where there are more schools and so forth.

All that's happened is made it harder for people to park, which means driving round for longer and causing more congested roads, and has made it unsafe around the smaller roads. Imagine if the money that has been spent on installing expensive parking meters, traffic wardens, and hideously expensive park and ride schemes; had been spent on improving public transport instead!