From BARRY JOHNSTON
and environmental bad news – so why not make these wasters pay? Now
is the time to raise the price of all city centre car parking for cars carrying
just the driver – but charge the current price for cars carrying two or
more people. This would penalise the biggest abuser of cars and the environment,
the lone driver, by applying the ‘polluter pays’ principle. It would encourage
more efficient use of cars, car parks and fuel.
Unlike more expensive forms of differential traffic pricing, such as
sensors embedded under the road, differential city centre car park pricing
would be a simple, low-technology, low-cost solution. It could be implemented
immediately.
Barry Johnston Chester
A car carrying just one person is a real waste
