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Bike-friendly Paris votes on triple parking fees for SUVs (www.reuters.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Oofnik@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social

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Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday on whether large SUVs should be subject to a threefold increase in parking charges as the French capital presses on with long-term plans to become a fully bikeable city.

The referendum, less than a year after city residents voted to ban e-scooters, aims to triple parking fees for cars of 1.6 tonnes and more to 18 euros ($19) an hour in order to discourage "bulky, polluting" cars, City Hall said.

The new tariff would also apply to electric cars of 2 tonnes and more.

"Heavier, more dangerous, more polluting ... SUVs are an environmental disaster," Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire said on X.

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[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nice, fuck every SUV

[–] tomjs@lemdro.id 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The tariff only applies to diesel and petrol vehicles that weigh over 1.6 tonnes, and electric vehicles that weigh over 2 tonnes. Read the post.

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

I don't think there's a gas SUV that weighs less than 1.6 tonnes, is there?

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wish they'd do this here. So sick of these planet-killing microdickmobiles.

[–] Ganondorf@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

planet-killing microdickmobiles.

Saw a Ford F-250 recently... Why do people with micro dick energy feel they need these awful vehicles?

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 7 months ago

A mixture of being just comfortable enough with finances and vain enough to want to show it off combined with having extremely bad taste and wanting to own the libs

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

Spoiler - Parisians have just voted in favour of the new fees https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/04/parisians-vote-in-favour-of-tripling-parking-costs-for-suvs