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It has been the perceived wisdom for quite some time that Edinburgh City Council despise motorists. Mainly by motorists, it has to be said. But anyone who has ever had to drive through the city centre knows that it's not exactly the most car-friendly environment.
If Edinburgh wants to increase air quality levels and reduce pollution, then it needs to continue making the city as car-unfriendly as possible. Unfortunately they seem to be going in the opposite way. It would appear the councillors can't stand the thought of losing any revenue from parking charges, so they've dropped the prices to encourage more people to drive into the city.
With parking prices barely above those of the Park & Ride schemes, there's little incentive - other than petrol prices - to encourage commuters to leave their cars at home and take public transport.
The Council need to understand that there's more to a thriving, friendly city than how much it can raise in revenue.
1 comments:
Its always the same with most large cities and towns now. How much revenue can they take from us visitors and even people living in the community have to pay for the privilage of parking on their own doorstep. Edinburgh is awful to take your car in and park. Using the park and ride schemes are much better in most cities.
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