Editing Nottingham (section)

===Roads===
In April 2012, Nottingham became the first city in the UK to introduce a workplace parking levy.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Simon |last1=Dale|first2=Matthew |last2=Frost|first3=Jason |last3=Gooding|first4=Stephen |last4=Ison|first5=Peter |last5=Warren|title=Parking Issues and Policies|chapter=A Case Study of the Introduction of a Workplace Parking Levy in Nottingham|publisher=[[Emerald Group Publishing]] |year=2014 |pages=335–360 |series=Transport and Sustainability|volume=5|isbn=978-1-78350-919-5 |doi=10.1108/S2044-994120140000005024}}</ref> The levy charges businesses £350 on each parking space made available to their employees, provided that the business has more than ten such parking spaces. The council have used the revenue of around £10 million a year to develop the city's tram system.<ref>{{cite news |title=Council pushes parking tax plan |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/7391733.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=9 May 2008 |access-date=18 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513023418/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/7391733.stm |archive-date=13 May 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> There has been a 9% reduction in traffic and 15% increase in public transport use since the introduction of the levy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/workplace-parking-tax-how-uk-s-only-levy-scheme-works-1-4869587|title=Workplace parking tax: How UK's only levy scheme works|work=[[Edinburgh Evening News]]|date=7 February 2019|access-date=10 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011929/https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/workplace-parking-tax-how-uk-s-only-levy-scheme-works-1-4869587|archive-date=12 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2010, Nottingham was named ''England's least car-dependent city'' by the [[Campaign for Better Transport (United Kingdom)|Campaign for Better Transport]] with London, Brighton and Manchester in second, third and fourth place, respectively.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/sep/14/nottingham-named-least-car-dependent| title=Nottingham named England's least car-dependent city| last=Milmo| first=Dan| work=The Guardian| date=14 September 2010| access-date=28 September 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104194626/http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/sep/14/nottingham-named-least-car-dependent| archive-date=4 November 2013| url-status=live}}</ref>