Drivers Save Cash With Park and Ride
September 17, 2005
A FREE park and ride scheme in the West Midlands is saving more than 80 tankers of petrol a year.
The increase in forecourt prices means that the service offered by public transport promoter Centro-PTA has reduced annual motoring costs in the region by almost pounds 10 million.
Coun Gary Clarke, chairman of the policy-setting West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority, said drivers were cashing in by leaving their car behind as worries over petrol costs mount.
He said: “A public transport user consumes three and a half times less energy than a motorist.
“Now as petrol prices increase, switching to public transport is going to be even more attractive.”
Centro provides 5,874 spaces at rail and Metro park and ride sites