Councillors maintain that, where implemented, the WPL scheme has had many benefits, but not everyone is convinced a workplace parking charge will help ease city congestion:
She added: “No businesses have left Nottingham due to the WPL and many have invested here in the knowledge they may have to pay it. There was early resistance from some in the business community to the idea of the WPL, but we've had 100% compliance from day one, and the WPL is highly efficient to operate.”
“What we’re proposing is that every car journey and commute will be as if it is during the school holidays. I think that’s really attractive for a driver but getting that across is really difficult,” he said., because the former targets a specific issue, rather than using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
Meanwhile, Glasgow councillor Anna Richardson, city convener for sustainability and carbon reduction, told Autocar that the Scottish city is “currently exploring the potential for a workplace licensing scheme”. It’s clear that businesses have worries, concerned about the chicken-and-egg situation of taxing motorists before there’s a realistic alternative.