PARKING HIKE: Will you share a car to station?
Peterborough Today
CAR sharing groups are to be set up to help commuters combat GNER's huge increase in car parking prices.
Hundreds of people have signed The Evening Telegraph's Great Train Parking Robbery petition to say they cannot afford the railway operator's 82 per cent rise.
Travel experts say the solution is for people to share lifts into work each day so they can split the cost of parking with other passengers.
However, many people say they are in a Catch 22 situation because they live in areas too remote to share a lift.
Gary Tall (39), a commuter from Shepeau Stow, near Crowland, said: "I don't want to have to wait an hour for a bus or for someone to pick me up and then spend another hour on a train to London. I live too far out for this."
Despite people's concerns, Peterborough City Council says commuters could turn an expensive parking ticket into a big saving if they start to carshare.
It is urging people to visit the council's Travelchoice website, www.travelchoice.org.uk, where people can view potential matches and arrange to share lifts by clicking on the carshare logo.
Workplace travel plan officer for the council Nicola Francis said: "Rail passengers are ideally placed to switch to car sharing."
She added that contact details are kept secure at all times and tips are given about personal safety.
Since GNER revealed it is going to increase its parking prices, the train company says it has also done a lot of work with cycling charity Sustrans to encourage people to cycle to the station and has got more Stagecoach buses to stop at the station.
Petition deadline today
THE deadline for signing petitions in The Evening Telegraph's Great Train Parking Robbery campaign finished today.
This afternoon, city council leader John Peach was due to travel to GNER's head office in York to hand the petition in to one of the directors.
The campaign attracted roughly 1,000 signatures from furious commuters determined to stop GNER from raising the prices to extortionate levels.
Daily tickets will go up from £5.50 to £10, weekly charges from £22 to £40, quarterly tickets from £198 to £360 and annual prices from £594 to £1,080.
The new prices are due to come into effect tomorrow.
CAR sharing groups are to be set up to help commuters combat GNER's huge increase in car parking prices.
Hundreds of people have signed The Evening Telegraph's Great Train Parking Robbery petition to say they cannot afford the railway operator's 82 per cent rise.
Travel experts say the solution is for people to share lifts into work each day so they can split the cost of parking with other passengers.
However, many people say they are in a Catch 22 situation because they live in areas too remote to share a lift.
Gary Tall (39), a commuter from Shepeau Stow, near Crowland, said: "I don't want to have to wait an hour for a bus or for someone to pick me up and then spend another hour on a train to London. I live too far out for this."
Despite people's concerns, Peterborough City Council says commuters could turn an expensive parking ticket into a big saving if they start to carshare.
It is urging people to visit the council's Travelchoice website, www.travelchoice.org.uk, where people can view potential matches and arrange to share lifts by clicking on the carshare logo.
Workplace travel plan officer for the council Nicola Francis said: "Rail passengers are ideally placed to switch to car sharing."
She added that contact details are kept secure at all times and tips are given about personal safety.
Since GNER revealed it is going to increase its parking prices, the train company says it has also done a lot of work with cycling charity Sustrans to encourage people to cycle to the station and has got more Stagecoach buses to stop at the station.
Petition deadline today
THE deadline for signing petitions in The Evening Telegraph's Great Train Parking Robbery campaign finished today.
This afternoon, city council leader John Peach was due to travel to GNER's head office in York to hand the petition in to one of the directors.
The campaign attracted roughly 1,000 signatures from furious commuters determined to stop GNER from raising the prices to extortionate levels.
Daily tickets will go up from £5.50 to £10, weekly charges from £22 to £40, quarterly tickets from £198 to £360 and annual prices from £594 to £1,080.
The new prices are due to come into effect tomorrow.
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