Implementation of the workplace parking levy as a transport policy instrument

Jonathan Burchell, Stephen Ison, Marcus Enoch and Lucy Budd

Journal of Transport Geography, 2019, vol. 80, issue C

Abstract: Car parking spaces occupy significant areas land within cities and, in many areas, is often provided to motorists free of charge or at low cost. This can encourage car use which leads to traffic congestion and environmental degradation. In response, local authorities have increasingly used parking policies to address these issues. However, the effectiveness of these interventions have been limited by a lack of control over private non-residential parking spaces, including those provided by workplaces. In 2000 the UK Government enacted legislation which enabled local authorities in England to charge employers for the parking they provided for staff via a Workplace Parking Levy (WPL). Whilst this was expected to act as a catalyst for the introduction of other similar schemes throughout the UK, only one authority has introduced a WPL to date.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.102543

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