Richmond extends CO2-based parking charges to visitors

A pioneering emissions-based parking policy could be extended from residents’ parking  to parking meters and council-owned car parks.

Councillors in the London Borough of Richmond were considering the plans this week. The Liberal Democrat-controlled council introduced an emissions-based policy for residents’ car parking in 2007, whereby permit charges in Controlled Parking Zones are graduated according to a vehicle’s CO2 emissions.

Under the new plans, motorists parking...

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