Bikers have warned they are set to be hit with “disproportionate” parking charges in and around Bath which will see them pay more to park than most cars. introduced emissions based parking — where drivers pay extra to park depending on their vehicle’s emissions — at car parks in Bath in 2023. Now the council wants to make £195,000 by rolling out emissions based parking charges to more locations, upping the prices at car parks, and making people pay to park motorbikes and scooters for the first time.
The emissions based charges are intended to ensure “the polluter pays” but bikers have warned they will end up paying more than drivers of more polluting cars. The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) has warned that “commuter” motorbikes with smaller engine sizes could pay as much as luxury cars under the “frankly ridiculous” way the council plans to charge bikers. Colin Brown, director of campaigns and political engagement at the Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) said: “The introduction of any parking charges is always going to be controversial.
People who’ve never been charged before are obviously never going to want to be charged. But when you look at how it's being implemented for Bath and North East Somerset, it appears to be disproportionate to another level.” With emissions based parking, pay and display machines look up a vehicle’s emissions from the DVLA and or, if this information is not available, the capacity of the engine.
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