Britain’s Automobile Association fears that 10 local authorities plan to introduce workplace parking levies, which could cost employees up to £1,000 a year to park at work. “It is a good thing to put money into transport but workplace parking is a pretty blunt instrument,” AA president Edmund King told Forbes. Trying to convince workers in cars to switch to public transport, walking or cycling therefore has to be considered. Adding an hour a day to travelling, because public transport and walking to train stations and bus stops takes so much longer than driving from door to door, will squeeze the time-starved and make commuting pretty miserable. “If a workplace parking levy is truly and honestly about cutting congestion, existing car commuters hit by it should get public transport vouchers or travel cards to compensate and encourage them to make the switch,” said King.

Source: Forbes January 19, 2019 17:48 UTC