We call on Sheffield City Council to introduce an Employers Workplace Parking Levy to help fund and improve public transport, cycling and walking across the City.

In Nottingham this levy on companies with 11 or more parking spaces provided for employees generates over £8 million/year. The Levy has paid for improvements and extensions to tram services, improved bus services and better cycling and walking infrastructure. It has also helped support the introduction of an electric taxi fleet, over 200 electric charging points and reduced congestion and air pollution. In Nottingham the funding from the levy has helped draw in matched funding from other sources. Other Councils such as Leicester City Council are looking to introduce their own schemes, so why not Sheffield?

Funding for public transport is under pressure. Costs for fuel and wages are rising which threatens services and drives up costs for passengers. It is right to ask Government for more funding but introducing a Workplace Parking Levy in Sheffield is something the Council has the power to do.

There are other benefits as well as improved public transport and better facilities and infrastructure for walkers and cyclists. Having a new funding source to support transport initiatives eases pressure on public funds and frees up more funding for things like adult social care and childrens services which are constantly under threat of cuts.