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Greenbank in reply to @Howard

I think deep down we know that the money raised is funnelled in to other things the council provides.

Much of the parking income is ring-fenced by law for use solely for transport purposes.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/27/section/55

Random google link: https://emlawshare.co.uk/resource/revenue-generated-car-parking-charges/

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Howard in reply to @Greenbank

Yeah that's fine, but it's not on stuff that discourages car use. A lot of it will be on stuff that encourages or maintains car use and the extraction of money from car users. They can afford it so I guess it's fair game.

They might spend 10p on a bike lane after being bullied in to it or a couple of quid on a bus I guess.

Getting folks out of their cars is near impossible.

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Greenbank in reply to @Howard

Yeah that's fine, but it's not on stuff that discourages car use.

Sure, but at least they're not plundering the social care coffers (for example) to fund stuff that encourages car use.

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