Comments on: CO2-based parking permits approved http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/01/30/co2-based-parking-permits-approved/ Trends, happenings and innovations in the clean technology market Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/01/30/co2-based-parking-permits-approved/comment-page-1/#comment-957 Anonymous Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:19:09 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/01/30/co2-based-parking-permits-approved/#comment-957 And how such paving will increase the city's difficulty in achieving it's wet weather flow management plan objectives. Policies unintentionally negatively interacting. The smoke-free workplace laws creating heated patios in winter. And how such paving will increase the city’s difficulty in achieving it’s wet weather flow management plan objectives. Policies unintentionally negatively interacting. The smoke-free workplace laws creating heated patios in winter.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/01/30/co2-based-parking-permits-approved/comment-page-1/#comment-958 Anonymous Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:08:32 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/01/30/co2-based-parking-permits-approved/#comment-958 It's very good news and should be a very strong driver in people's choice of new car. The London congestion charge is moving towards a CO2-based fee with a proposal for the most polluting cars paying It’s very good news and should be a very strong driver in people’s choice of new car.

The London congestion charge is moving towards a CO2-based fee with a proposal for the most polluting cars paying

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/01/30/co2-based-parking-permits-approved/comment-page-1/#comment-956 Anonymous Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:08:17 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/01/30/co2-based-parking-permits-approved/#comment-956 Many of the other London boroughs are considering doing the same. And Manchester is considering a Congestion Zone on the London model. There's a real domino effect going on with eco-measures. What's best about the Richmond plan is that (unlike the congestion charge) it's being justified on purely carbon-emmissions terms. A first carbon tax? However, as critics point out, it doesn't catch people with driveways. Some are considering paving their front yards to avoid the tax. Apparently, when you're already paying thousands extra for your car and fuel, a couple of hundred extra for parking is intolerable. It remains to be seen whether people's paving their front yards will make the <i>tax</i> more unpopular, or the people themselves. Many of the other London boroughs are considering doing the same. And Manchester is considering a Congestion Zone on the London model. There’s a real domino effect going on with eco-measures.
What’s best about the Richmond plan is that (unlike the congestion charge) it’s being justified on purely carbon-emmissions terms. A first carbon tax?
However, as critics point out, it doesn’t catch people with driveways. Some are considering paving their front yards to avoid the tax. Apparently, when you’re already paying thousands extra for your car and fuel, a couple of hundred extra for parking is intolerable.
It remains to be seen whether people’s paving their front yards will make the tax more unpopular, or the people themselves.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/01/30/co2-based-parking-permits-approved/comment-page-1/#comment-955 Anonymous Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:05:30 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/01/30/co2-based-parking-permits-approved/#comment-955 A great step. The other big regulatory innovation I'd like to see tried is a switch to pay-per-mile vehicle registration and pricing (I great idea I heard recently from Todd Littman at the Victoria Tranport Policy Institute. A great step. The other big regulatory innovation I’d like to see tried is a switch to pay-per-mile vehicle registration and pricing (I great idea I heard recently from Todd Littman at the Victoria Tranport Policy Institute.

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