That's the same at our university as well.

Ofcourse I work from home like 99% of the time, so this doesn't bother me, but the principle behind paying for parking if i have to go to work, is employer double dipping your pay

That's europe, this is just UK. Brexit didn't work out in a lot of ways they planned

And if they aren't, I'll gladly pay for them

Currently my taxes do pay for them.

Because other countries exist?

I used to walk to school, later bike to school, went to school in a bus etc.

Only times I got picked up/dropped off was when I was sick or had issues with other modes of transport