Another London council introduces Higher parking for Diesel

[smashy]

London borough of Hounslow will be increasing their Parking Permits from £80 to £130 a year euro 6 or not ,all diesels. Same as Islington Council,they will all end up doing it

Just more money grabbing.

Edited by smashy on Tuesday 10th October 18:33

Edited by smashy on Tuesday 10th October 20:12

[Lance Catamaran]

How much pollution does a car emit when it's parked up?

[scenario8]

Can someone please try to justify this with a straight face other than simply as a relatively easy way to grab some more money?

Edit - Apologies to the OP for effectively cutting and pasting!

Edited by scenario8 on Tuesday 10th October 18:30

[valiant]

Hounslow council may want to look up into the sky and see all the planes going in and out of Heathrow before blaming drivers for the local air quality.

[wl606]

Considering the price of land in London, parking permits are remarkably cheap for the land that is taken up.

[Funkycoldribena]

wl606 said:

Considering the price of land in London, parking permits are remarkably cheap for the land that is taken up.

Stick it up to a grand then.

[James_B]

Funkycoldribena said:

Stick it up to a grand then.

Car spaces out the back of my flat go for about £2,000 per year, which makes a couple of hundred pounds for a place on the street seem positively reasonable.

[Funkycoldribena]

James_B said:

Funkycoldribena said:

Stick it up to a grand then.

Car spaces out the back of my flat go for about £2,000 per year, which makes a couple of hundred pounds for a place on the street seem positively reasonable.

London I take it? Do you pay it?
Seems absolutely bonkers to me.

[James_B]

Funkycoldribena said:

London I take it? Do you pay it?
Seems absolutely bonkers to me.

Yes, London, and no, fortunately one space came with my flat, and manage to borrow another.

I’d seriously reconsider having a second car if I had to pay the going rate.

[Funkycoldribena]

James_B said:

Yes, London, and no, fortunately one space came with my flat, and manage to borrow another.

I’d seriously reconsider having a second car if I had to pay the going rate.

What happens about visitors?
Don't mean to be so nosey but paying to park at home is massively alien to me.

[James_B]

Funkycoldribena said:

What happens about visitors?
Don't mean to be so nosey but paying to park at home is massively alien to me.

There’s a commercial pay car park over the road or else we have to arrange to borrow a space short-term, and yes, it’s a real issue, but par for the course if you live in a lot of places in the centre.

One of the nicest things about going back “home”to my parents is pulling up at their front door and just parking and walking in.

London has a lot of extreme costs associated with it, but of course, it also has a lot of the highest paying jobs, so for a lot of people it’s still worth it.

[vonuber]

£48/yr for my bike now. In other Boroughs they are free. Ho hum.

[Kermit power]

Who on earth needs a diesel in London in the first place???

[James_B]

Kermit power said:

Who on earth needs a diesel in London in the first place???

People who drive tens of thousands of miles a year?

[scenario8]

I live in London and drive a diesel powered car. It wouldn’t surprise me whatsoever if half the cars in my borough were diesel powered. Half of those will be company cars many with little user choosing involved. We can query the logic of many peoples’ choices as diesel isn’t always “better” than petrol but diesel powered cars have been selling in vast quantities for decades so it’s no surprise London is full of them.

Diesel isn’t a particularly nicely burning fuel in urban environments. Introducing a fairly minor additional levy for wanting an on street parking permit for diesel powered cars will do next to nothing to improve air quality. I doubt the net effect could even be measured (BS laden retrospectively produced studies notwithstanding). This is purely an exercise in attempting to raise a tiny bit more cash in what might be perceived as a politically palatable way and/or trying to look “green”.

[CoolHands]

Kermit power said:

Who on earth needs a diesel in London in the first place???

All the people that were told by the government, in form of incentives.

[Mr Tidy]

James_B said:

People who drive tens of thousands of miles a year?

But in London it must take at least 2 years to do that!

[Kermit power]

James_B said:

Kermit power said:

Who on earth needs a diesel in London in the first place???

People who drive tens of thousands of miles a year?

With the exception of the eponymous carriages, just how many cars in Hackney of all places do you think cover tens of thousands of miles a year?

I really don't understand the need for 95% or more of the private cars in London! It's almost invariably faster to cycle or use public transport, and far cheaper to just hire a car for the occasional weekend away or whatever.

[iphonedyou]

Kermit power said:

With the exception of the eponymous carriages, just how many cars in Hackney of all places do you think cover tens of thousands of miles a year?

I really don't understand the need for 95% or more of the private cars in London! It's almost invariably faster to cycle or use public transport, and far cheaper to just hire a car for the occasional weekend away or whatever.

Many people live in London and have myriad fulfilling reasons to leave it regularly, driving many miles. Literally hundreds of scenarios, every day of every week, playing out across the city. We could call it 'life'!

[normalbloke]

Does the O/P have a link to a reliable source please?