Subsidies for cars

Kerguelen
Kerguelen Posts: 248
edited May 2013 in Road general
I recently read in the news that 2 train stations in Scotland - Bathgate and Irvine - are to get expanded car parks, courtesy of the taxpayer.

At a cost of £6,500 per space...!

But don't forget, there's a war on the motorist, and us lot are stealing road space from them as well.

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  • AchillesLeftKnee
    AchillesLeftKnee Posts: 713
    Based on 2009 figures, VED brought in £5.6bn, and fuel duty £25.9bn. The total spending limit for the DoT was £12.8bn in 2010.

    So, where's the subsidy then?
    Mangeur
  • Kerguelen
    Kerguelen Posts: 248
    AchillesLeftKnee wrote:
    Based on 2009 figures, VED brought in £5.6bn, and fuel duty £25.9bn. The total spending limit for the DoT was £12.8bn in 2010.

    So, where's the subsidy then?

    It's in externalised costs.
  • AchillesLeftKnee
    AchillesLeftKnee Posts: 713
    Kerguelen wrote:
    It's in externalised costs.
    ...for parking spaces at a station, which unless I'm very much mistaken regarding the purpose of stations, means any subsidy (£6,500 will be recouped by three years of parking season ticket anyway) is surely going to subsidise rail use, not car use.
    Mangeur

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