... but then, again, I expect a few others will follow suit.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1953028/Commuters-face-andpound185-tax-to-drive-to-work.html

More thieving from motorists.  >:(

What a great idea, not!

here we go again  >:(

Labour Council >:(

They'll charge for having a dump next :o

dbug wrote on 14. May 2008 at 08:44:

Labour Council >:( They'll charge for having a dump next :o

Dont give em ideas!

dbug wrote on 14. May 2008 at 08:44:

Labour Council >:( They'll charge for having a dump next :o

They did better than that.......when re-modeling slab square they removed the public toilets and didn't replace them............so you can't have a dump anyway!

It all seems to have gone a bit quiet at the moment, but Manchester was considering acongestion charge & apparently 53% of a poll supported the idea! :-?  >:( Clever questioning I think. >:(

Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 08:54:

It all seems to have gone a bit quiet at the moment, but Manchester was considering acongestion charge & apparently 53% of a poll supported the idea! :-?  >:( Clever questioning I think. >:(

This isnt a congestion charge, its a work place tax.

If you work and park within the city boundaries then you get taxed for the pleasure.....

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:01:

Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 08:54: It all seems to have gone a bit quiet at the moment, but Manchester was considering acongestion charge & apparently 53% of a poll supported the idea! :-?  >:( Clever questioning I think. >:( This isnt a congestion charge, its a work place tax. If you work and park within the city boundaries then you get taxed for the pleasure.....

I read it it. Same end result though. The motorist get finacially clobbered again for going to work in his/her car. How many shift workers for example could travel 20 miles to get to work for 6 in the morning by bus/train/tram/ferry/plane?

Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:17:

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:01: Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 08:54: It all seems to have gone a bit quiet at the moment, but Manchester was considering acongestion charge & apparently 53% of a poll supported the idea! :-?  >:( Clever questioning I think. >:( This isnt a congestion charge, its a work place tax. If you work and park within the city boundaries then you get taxed for the pleasure..... I read it it. Same end result though. The motorist get finacially clobbered again for going to work in his/her car. How many shift workers for example could travel 20 miles to get to work for 6 in the morning by bus/train/tram/ferry/plane?

In Nottingham, not many.

They plan to use the money to extend the tram system so there is likely to be at least a 4-5 year period where no other real viable alternatives exist.

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:37:

Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:17: Marks DTM Calib wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:01: Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 08:54: It all seems to have gone a bit quiet at the moment, but Manchester was considering acongestion charge & apparently 53% of a poll supported the idea! :-?  >:( Clever questioning I think. >:( This isnt a congestion charge, its a work place tax. If you work and park within the city boundaries then you get taxed for the pleasure..... I read it it. Same end result though. The motorist get finacially clobbered again for going to work in his/her car. How many shift workers for example could travel 20 miles to get to work for 6 in the morning by bus/train/tram/ferry/plane? In Nottingham, not many. They plan to use the money to extend the tram system so there is likely to be at least a 4-5 year period where no other real viable alternatives exist.

They've planning to extend the Metro Link system for years. So far that's all they've done ..... planned.

Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:48:

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:37: Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:17: Marks DTM Calib wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:01: Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 08:54: It all seems to have gone a bit quiet at the moment, but Manchester was considering acongestion charge & apparently 53% of a poll supported the idea! :-?  >:( Clever questioning I think. >:( This isnt a congestion charge, its a work place tax. If you work and park within the city boundaries then you get taxed for the pleasure..... I read it it. Same end result though. The motorist get finacially clobbered again for going to work in his/her car. How many shift workers for example could travel 20 miles to get to work for 6 in the morning by bus/train/tram/ferry/plane? In Nottingham, not many. They plan to use the money to extend the tram system so there is likely to be at least a 4-5 year period where no other real viable alternatives exist. They've planning to extend the Metro Link system for years. So far that's all they've done ..... planned.

Yup, they started planning tram lines 2 and 3 12 years ago and think they might start in 2012......only the public sector can take 16 years to get something moving!

May be more cost effective to move a business to a different area.

If they have say 200 spots, that is 37,000 rising to 60,000 a year.

But then they may just pay it.

For a smaller company with rented premises - just move

I spent 8 months working at Heathrow and living on the South Coast it was physically impossible to use public transport to commute unless I could reduce my working day to 4 hours. At that it would have involved a 6 hour commute each way, driving my own car it was normally less than 90 minutes each way thanks to the chunk where the M25 was the only option.

never mind that if you work in glasgows royal infimary it will cost you 50£ a month >:(

Surely all this means is that workplaces will have insufficient parking spaces. Everyone will still drive to work because the mythical public transport option simply doesn't exist and business parks will be littered with cars abandoned all over the place.

Kevin

Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 08:54:

It all seems to have gone a bit quiet at the moment, but Manchester was considering acongestion charge & apparently 53% of a poll supported the idea! :-?  >:( Clever questioning I think. >:(

the local paper gave the out going Labour mp who backed the scheme a really good going over about how the questionnaire was worded ,and his attitude .He is now looking for another job. There was more to it but the nail in his coffin was the charge and his attitude towards it

Oh Humm, what a gnikcuf suprize. I recall this was talked about some years back when i worked as a steel fabricator & i recall saying "well how they gona tax me when i walk to work 90% of the time"?
They'll bring this in all over the country if it works else where & then i'll cycle to work & they can stick up their esra  >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

According to the online public transport timetables, for me to get to work for 9am, I need to catch the 10pm bus! 11 fecking hours!

Leave around 6 get there about 11

I think mine was bus to town, train to Birmingham, train to Reddich, bus to Inkberrow

Something completely stupid anyway

All the councill need to do round here is ban the school run - fecking X5's and discos (soory James ;)) grrrr >:(

half term is bliss :y

It would be interesting if Stockton Borough Council brought this in, they are the biggest employer and almost all their offices are within the town. They could charge themselves, think not. ;)

Vamps wrote on 14. May 2008 at 23:10:

It would be interesting if Stockton Borough Council brought this in, they are the biggest employer and almost all their offices are within the town. They could charge themselves, think not. ;)

same here - it's great when the largest employer in the area is the councill - jobs for the boys and all that >:( >:( >:(

Nickbat wrote on 14. May 2008 at 08:38:

... but then, again, I expect a few others will follow suit. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1953028/Commuters-face-andpound185-tax-to-drive-to-work.html More thieving from motorists.  >:(

How can they charge a company or its employees for using their own property? Public transport should come with a guarantee - if it does not get you to work on time you get a free months travel and your employer is paid for however many minutes late you were. Sounds fair. Oh and what will they do with the empty spaces I wonder ? Have somebody making organic peace crisps perhaps ?

Another nail in the coffin for town business, anyone with any sense will move out of town, or even worse, to another area where they will get a grant to move to.
And as said if a company has had the forthought to set up where they can provide car parking why should they have to pay. I need my car for work, so how would that work out, also, I could not get to work on public transport, hardly exists where I live, one of the main reasons I have to spend so much time running the kids around. :(

I used to work in notts and it was brought to the companies attention a year or so ago, now they are a big company so they said dont worry we will just pay it.

But if they do bring this in then i see alot of bussiness leaveing notts.

What will happen to places like QMC hospital they have alot of parking spaces and also nottingham uni they have even more?