Call for Irish cities to look to European parking measures to reduce congestion

Public parking controls include pay parking, multistorey car parks, permits, and other measures aimed at controlling the number of vehicles in city centres. File picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

Irish cities can look to public parking measures in European counterparts such as Barcelona and Copenhagen in a bid to reduce pollution and congestion.

That is according to a report presented to the Department of Transport on how to encourage more sustainable and healthier forms of travel in Cork, Dublin, Waterford, Limerick, and Galway.