It is believed that the signage of the 'taxi' red box parking penalty box, opposite 34-36 Stoke Newington Road N16, is deceiving and very unclear, in light of its position and the fact that, although it is within a red box, it totally contradicts the declared daily end of red route restrictions of 7pm. This should be seen in immense yearly sums obtained in penalty charges related to this location of potential offence. As such the yearly sums, after 7pm, obtained since its inception, are requested under the Freedom of Information Act.

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Our ref: FOI-1887-1819/GH

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 19 October 2018 asking for information about Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs).

Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require.

There are a number of different types of taxi bays located across the red route network; the majority of these bays are restricted for use only by taxis. Some taxi bays operate only at specified times, and stopping by any vehicle for any reason is not permitted outside these times. Other bays permit taxis to stop at any time. However to facilitate the specific needs of drivers and businesses at certain locations, we also have a small number of ‘dual purpose’ bays which operate as loading bays for part of the day and taxi bays at night. Statutory signage permitted by special authorisation from the Secretary of State is in place at all red route bays which clearly indicates the times and the reasons when stopping is allowed.

The red route bay opposite 34-36 Stoke Newington Road N16 is a ‘dual purpose’ bay as described above. The restriction at this location is “No stopping at any time, except Loading Only for a maximum of 20 minutes between 10am-4pm and Taxis Only between 7pm-7am. We commenced overnight enforcement of this restriction on 16 April 2015.

The below table explains how many PCNs we issued, per calendar year, for contraventions in this bay between 7pm-7am.

Please note, the data for 2015 has been calculated from inception of enforcement of the restriction: 15 April 2015. Data for 2018 is correct up to and including 15 September.

Row Labels	Count of PCN Ticket No	Sum of Amount Paid
2015	2,723	£175,878.39
2016	4,093	£283,658.65
2017	4,218	£278,506.62
2018	2,518	£147,961.00
Total	13552	£886,004.66

If this is not the information you are looking for please do not hesitate to contact me.

If you are not satisfied with this response please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.

Yours sincerely

Graham Hurt

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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