Park and ride

In Sweden, a tax has been introduced on the benefit of free or cheap parking paid by an employer, if workers would otherwise have to pay.

[3] The tax has reduced the number of workers driving into the inner city, and increased the usage of park and ride areas, especially in Stockholm.

[4] These parking lots offer low prices and all-day and return (2× 75 min) tickets including the public transport fare.

It has been suggested that there is "a lack of clear-cut evidence for park and ride's widely assumed impact in reducing congestion".

[7] Park and ride facilities help commuters who live beyond practical walking distance from the railway station or bus stop.

They may also suit commuters with alternative fuel vehicles, which often have reduced range, when the facility is closer to home than the ultimate destination.

At larger facilities, extra services such as a travel office, food shop, car wash, or cafeteria may be provided.

In the United States, it is common for outlying rail stations to include automobile parking, often with hundreds of spaces.

[12] Many railway stations and airports feature a "kiss-and-ride" or "kiss-and-fly" area in which cars can stop briefly to discharge or, less commonly, pick up passengers.

[13][14] Deutsche Bahn has announced that it will be changing the English expressions for Kiss and Ride, Service Points and Counters to German ones.