Car parking
Car-Free Christmas at Holyrood Park
Visitors to Holyrood Park will have the opportunity to enjoy the park free from traffic over the festive season. Traffic restrictions will be in place on the 25 and 26 December and the 2 January, with no vehicle access to Queens Drive and Duddingston Low Road between 8am and 4pm, following current Sunday access arrangements.
"Green" Parking Scheme Gets Go-ahead
The City of Edinburgh Council is set to be the first local authority in Scotland to introduce a graduated charging structure for residents' parking permits in a bid to reduce the environmental impact of vehicle emissions. The decision, the Council said in a release, was "in response to overwhelming public support" and was necessary in order to satisfy European local air quality laws.
Edinburgh Car Club Conference
Increasing numbers of people are choosing to share instead of own a car.
Edinburgh Residents In Line For Polluter Pays Parking Permits
Edinburgh drivers of low emission vehicles could soon see the cost of their residents' parking permits fall under a proposed new "polluter pays" charging structure being considered by the City of Edinburgh Council. Under the new system, which would be the first to be introduced by a local authority in Scotland, drivers of the most polluting cars will see their parking permits double.