Go Richmond! Scourge of the 4×4 owners
Motorists who drive gas-guzzling cars are to face significant rises in parking fees under a pioneering scheme to tackle climate change. Drivers of the most polluting vehicles will be charged up to £450 a year to park outside their homes under the plan, which marks one of the first serious attempts to penalise people for behaviour that damages the environment. [...] Households with more than one car will be forced to pay 50% more for extra permits, so a family with two vehicles in the highest polluting band will face parking fees of £750 each year.
By an amazing coincidence Streetcar today mailed me details of their latest car locations. And there’s one in Richmond. Ordinarily I’d say “they won’t get the proposal passed”. But it seems to be done deal. If things carry on like this, in ten years or so we might get away with only having to apply factor 25 sunblock each morning before we get into our boats to go to work.
