Paris voters back proposal to triple parking fees for SUV drivers
www.lemonde.fr
The French capital's mayor hailed a 'clear choice of Parisians' in favor of a measure that is 'good for our health and good for the planet.'

The measure to make vehicles weighing 1.6 tons and over pay 3x the parking rates for the first two hours has passed in Paris.

Now, let’s get that in place for London and many other other places to help slow, and even reverse, this trend towards massive personal vehicles.

  • azimir@lemmy.mlOP
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    9 months ago

    Yup. EVs also run into the tonnage limit quickly too. A Tesla Model 3 single engine is 1.75 tons (no extra parking costs), but the dual motor is over 2 tons.

    The US has way too many vehicles that should be about 20-30% smaller and lighter for basic city driving. Even the “small” vehicles aren’t small anymore.