For me, the objectives of Park & Ride are fairly straight forward - keep traffic out of the city centres and ease congestion. Oxford is a great example of a scheme that really works - there is an incentive (P&R is cheap to use with regular services) and a deterrent (car parking prices are expensive). The operator works with the council and they seem to be on to a winner.
City of York Council seem to take a different view. They are -
1. Spending £20,000 on devices which will allow different pricing levels and credit/debit card payments in some city centre car parks
2.Introducing “half-price Tuesdays” between 10am and 3pm in October and November in all standard-stay car parks
3.Prepared to lose between £8,000 and £20,000 in parking revenue through the 'incentives'.
Surely by doing all of this, driving in to York city centre becomes more appealing, not less?
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