Campaigners Warn of ‘Increased Antagonism’ as Councils Roll out Emissions-Based Car Parking

Drivers of older petrol and diesel cars are facing increasing net zero penalties with council-led higher parking charges that will “fuel greater antagonism,” campaigners claim. Many councils have implemented emissions-based parking schemes, allowing them to impose surcharges that are in some cases double the standard rate, for parking what they consider the most polluting vehicles. The new policies come as the government plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel heavy goods vehicles by 2035 under the Climate Change Act. One campaigner warned, however, that “the only things these measures are going to achieve is to reduce the flow of customers to local businesses, restrict people’s mobility including their ability to find and get to work, and fuel greater antagonism between the council and the local population.”...