A free car park beside FH station would attract more people to drive as it would probably be the only free station car park in Zone 3. It would probably be full up and the overspill would add to the commuters on the existing overcrowded nearby roads.

A year later somebody in Lewisham would say why are we subsidising commuters who mainly live outside our borough, that car park is always full, lets charge them and make some money that we can spend on local people. The roads would then be more overcrowded when free parking is withdrawn.