Only Glasgow and Edinburgh are set to impose a workplace parking tax out of the country’s 32 councils.
Dubbed “poll tax on wheels”, it will hit drivers in the pocket unless they switch to public transport.
Councils will have the power to impose an annual charge of around £415 per space on companies with 11 or more parking spaces.
It’s feared the cost will be passed on to employees.
Opponents insist it can only work if the SNP Government spends millions improving public transport.
But even five of Scotland’s six SNP minority-controlled councils have rejected the scheme.
Last week, Nationalist and Green MSPs forced through the levy as part of the Transport Bill.
SNP Councillor Anna Richardson, Glasgow City convener for sustainability and carbon reduction, said: “There are benefits, such as encouraging a switch towards more sustainable transport.”
Lesley Macinnes, the SNP’s transport convener for Edinburgh, said: “In Nottingham, this is bringing significant benefits to the public and local businesses.”
But Aberdeen’s Lab-Con coalition council said the levy was “a regressive tax” on working people.
And Angus Council leader David Fairweather said: “Whatever we have to do to safeguard our staff from what I believe is an immoral tax, we will do.”
