workplace parking levy
noun1
UK A charge that can be imposed by local authorities for parking provided by employers for employees, for the purposes of reducing road congestion, improving air quality and encouraging use of public transport.
- Invariably, the principal object is to improve air quality. But those constraints beg the question: why has no city followed Nottingham's example of a workplace parking levy, which has generated about £10 million a year to finance the city's tram system?2024 March 6, Steve Edwards discusses with Anthony Lambert, “The bedrock of urban renewal”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 35:
- Related terms
- parking place, congestion charge, congestion pricing, road pricing