Local councils to follow Richmond in introducing CO2-based parking charges
Wed 28 February 2007
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Brighton and a number of London councils are planning to introduce CO2-based car parking charges, following the lead of Richmond-upon-Thames Council which voted to introduce them earlier this year.
Reports say that a third of London's 32 boroughs are now looking into similar schemes. Camden, Haringey, Brent, Hackney, Lambeth, Barking and Dagenham, Southwark, Kensington and Chelsea and Tower Hamlets are all reported to be close to introducing schemes based on the Richmond model. London's Mayor Ken Livingstone has welcomed the initiatives and called on other areas to take the same decision.
Brighton and Hove Council has agreed a 50 percent increase in the price of permits for the most polluting vehicles while the city of Manchester has developed a green badge parking scheme, which allows drivers of cleaner vehicles to park in town at a significantly reduced rate.
York is also reported to be offering motorists a 50 percent reduction in the cost of residential parking permits for small and less polluting cars.
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