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Evaluating the impact of a workplace parking levy on local traffic congestion: The case of Nottingham UK

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  • Dale, Simon
  • Frost, Matthew
  • Ison, Stephen
  • Quddus, Mohammed
  • Warren, Mr Peter

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A Workplace Parking Levy (WPL) scheme raises a levy on private non-domestic off street parking provided by employers. In April 2012 Nottingham became the first UK City to implement such a scheme with the revenue generated hypothecated for funding transport improvements.

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  • Dale, Simon & Frost, Matthew & Ison, Stephen & Quddus, Mohammed & Warren, Mr Peter, 2017. "Evaluating the impact of a workplace parking levy on local traffic congestion: The case of Nottingham UK," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 153-164.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:trapol:v:59:y:2017:i:c:p:153-164
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2017.07.015
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    2. Burchell, Jonathan & Ison, Stephen & Enoch, Marcus & Budd, Lucy, 2019. "Implementation of the workplace parking levy as a transport policy instrument," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
    3. Pons-Rigat, Aleix & Proost, Stef & Turró, Mateu, 2020. "Workplace parking policies in an agglomeration: An illustration for Barcelona," Economics of Transportation, Elsevier, vol. 24(C).
    4. Georgina Santos & Anna Hagan & Orla Lenehan, 2020. "Tackling Traffic Congestion with Workplace Parking Levies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-24, March.
    5. Zhenyu Mei & Chi Feng & Liang Kong & Lihui Zhang & Jun Chen, 2020. "Assessment of Different Parking Pricing Strategies: A Simulation-based Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-13, March.
    6. Mei, Zhenyu & Feng, Chi & Ding, Wenchao & Zhang, Lihui & Wang, Dianhai, 2019. "Better lucky than rich? Comparative analysis of parking reservation and parking charge," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 47-56.
    7. Zipeng Zhang & Ning Zhang, 2021. "Early Bird Scheme for Parking Management: How Does Parking Play a Role in the Morning Commute Problem," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-19, July.

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