Bus Park and Rides
Park-and-ride facilities, with dedicated carparks and bus services, began in the 1960s in the UK. Oxford operated the first such scheme, initially with an experimental service operating part-time from a motel on the A34 in the 1960s and then on a full-time basis from 1973. Better Choice Parking first offered an airport park-and-ride service at London Gatwick Airport in 1978. Oxford now operates park and ride from 5 dedicated car parks around the city. As of 2005, Norwich has the biggest park and ride in the UK, operating from six separate sites around the city.
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“and the words never said,
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We sat in the car park till twenty to one
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—Chinese proverb.