What do people think about rewarding the low emission drivers by allowing them (soon to include me) in bus lanes? Given the quest to lower harmful emissions in towns and cities, why should some of the biggest polluters get their own lanes when the lowest don't?
Bad idea. Bus lanes are there to allow the buses to get through the traffic more quickly than the rest of the traffic so jamming them up with EVs is a bad idea. Much simpler just to ban all pure petrol and diesel cars from the city centres entirely.
I have no problem with incentives for renewables and BEV driving. I reckon the moral reward is enough though, just know your doing more than the majority with your own small but helpful eco contribution for the environment and human health.
I agree with Duncan, allowing EVs into bus lanes will eventually render them useless, it's difficult to offer long term incentives but some have done it:
MK has free parking for EVs and with the number of Rapids should be awash with EVs.
EVs are exempt from the Congestion Charge in London for £10 a year.
I think some councils struggle to see any benefits when offering any incentives and actually see EVs as a way of making money, looking at you AVDC.
Its a real shame they put Rapids in so many locations, rather the cluster them in fewer locations, so making it more likely one will be free when a EV driver arrives. It will be very interesting to see if they make much difference to the take up of EVs, as few people will only drive in MK.
But we should at least see an effect on Uber drivers, if the rapids are in locations that are good for getting work, then a Uber driver can charge while waiting for the app to give them the next job. (Just need the 200 mile leaf to make to work.)
But wait for the outcry if MK every decides to charge to their usage......
Don’t like this ideal at all, as when EV become more common someone will have to decide the rules about old EVs using the bus lanes, but new ones not doing so….. E.g if it works, then it creates lots of issues and is not sustainable.
However I would be very happy for only electric taxies to be allowed in bus lanes.
Ah but 'the poor' will be on the buses in their own lane, on a bike in their own lane or walking on their own footpath so they can't complain! Only kidding of course. I would really struggle to afford a new EV personally with the spec needed to aid my wife's back condition (camera, heated seats etc) - thankfully its a company car and on paper the sums look well stacked in my favour.
Once the TCO is lower than an equivalent ICE EV take up will improve but at the moment EV's are very expensive and it would take a lot of free parking to change that.
Free parking does make people consider if they could live with a EV and get EV drivings talking every time someone complains about the cost of parking. So I think it has some benefits.....
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