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AP: Parisians vote to hit SUVs with eye-popping parking costs in latest green drive before
Posted on 2/6/24 at 7:50 am
Posted on 2/6/24 at 7:50 am
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PARIS (AP) — Parisians voted Sunday to muscle SUVs off the French capital’s streets by making them much more expensive to park starting next September, the latest leg in a drive by Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo to make the host city for this year’s Olympic Games greener and friendlier for pedestrians and cyclists.
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More than 54% of the votes cast in the low-turnout election supported the measure to triple parking fees for large SUV drivers from out of town to 18 euros ($19.50) per hour in the city’s center, according to official results from City Hall. Only 5.7% of the 1.3 million eligible voters cast ballots at the 39 voting stations around the city.
In get-out-the-vote posts on social media, Hidalgo argued that SUVs take up too much space on narrow Parisian streets, are too polluting and “threaten our health and our planet,” and cause more traffic accidents than smaller cars. The additional fees will come into force from Sept. 1, Hidalgo said.
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The cost for non-residents to park SUVs in Paris’ central districts, in the arrondissements numbered 1 through 11, would soar to 18 euros ($19.5) per hour for the first two hours, compared to 6 euros per hour for smaller cars.
After that, parking would become increasingly punitive. A six-hour stay with an SUV — enough, say, to take in a show and a restaurant — would cost a whopping 225 euros ($243), compared to 75 euros for smaller vehicles.
Away from the heart of the city, in Paris’ outer arrondissements numbered 12 through 20, an out-of-town SUV driver would pay 12 euros per hour for the first two hours, progressively rising to 150 euros for six hours.
The mini-referendum was open to Parisians registered to vote. The question they were asked was: “For or against the creation of a specific rate for the parking of heavy, bulky, polluting individual cars?”
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The cost for non-residents to park SUVs in Paris’ central districts, in the arrondissements numbered 1 through 11, would soar to 18 euros ($19.5) per hour for the first two hours, compared to 6 euros per hour for smaller cars.
After that, parking would become increasingly punitive. A six-hour stay with an SUV — enough, say, to take in a show and a restaurant — would cost a whopping 225 euros ($243), compared to 75 euros for smaller vehicles.
Away from the heart of the city, in Paris’ outer arrondissements numbered 12 through 20, an out-of-town SUV driver would pay 12 euros per hour for the first two hours, progressively rising to 150 euros for six hours.
The mini-referendum was open to Parisians registered to vote. The question they were asked was: “For or against the creation of a specific rate for the parking of heavy, bulky, polluting individual cars?”
AP Article
For all you voting doesn't matter baws this story proves that you are wrong. Only 5.7% of the 1.3 million eligible voters cast ballots and are changing local politics.
Great to see cities and residents doing more to get these comically large vehicles to pay more and hopefully stay out of city centers that are meant for people and not cars.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 7:55 am to jclem11
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For all you voting doesn't matter baws this story proves that you are wrong. Only 5.7% of the 1.3 million eligible voters cast ballots and are changing local politics.
Unbelievable.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 7:57 am to jclem11
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Great to see cities and residents doing more to get these comically large vehicles
What's your occupation, Karen?
I bet your neighborhood hates you.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 7:59 am to jclem11
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Great to see cities and residents doing more to get these comically large vehicles to pay more and hopefully stay out of city centers that are meant for people and not cars.
Boo this man
Posted on 2/6/24 at 7:59 am to jclem11
A true sign of the people living under the thumb of authoritarian government is a lack of drive to even vote against policies that only morph and widen the path to full communism
Posted on 2/6/24 at 8:04 am to jclem11
No one likes Parisians. Their own countrymen hate them because anyone not from Paris is treated as a country bumpkin even if they are from another major city in the country.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 8:04 am to jclem11
Just when we thought the French were waking up.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 8:07 am to jclem11
Joe from Holden when people democratically decide not to allow F-250s down cramped historic streets and instead opt for pedestrian friendly accomodations
Posted on 2/6/24 at 8:08 am to jclem11
Paris is a shithole. If you want French culture go to Versailles.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 8:12 am to jclem11
I drive a 4wd suv but even I support this. Cities like this do not even require a car to get around, reducing the congestion is good.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 8:14 am to jclem11
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More than 54% of the votes cast in the low-turnout election supported the measure to triple parking fees for large SUV drivers from out of town
So if you own a large SUV but are from Paris you don’t have to pay this increased fee? Wouldn’t this mean that a party of 6 would have to rent two vehicles, doubling the traffic and increasing their environmental impact?
Posted on 2/6/24 at 8:38 am to jclem11
Can we step back and look at what and why this is? If you live in an area with an extremely high population density like Paris, or New York, or London, first off, most people that live in the city dont have a vehicle. the ones that do its probably a scooter. So i can see why it would be reasonable to push out larger vehicles to allow safer travel for scooters and pedestrians. IDK why they just didnt ban then form portions of the cities.
Hell you go to Florence, Italy, no 4 wheel vehicles are allowed in the main part of the city except for deliveries for the businesses.
But hey lets just blame it on "think green".
Hell you go to Florence, Italy, no 4 wheel vehicles are allowed in the main part of the city except for deliveries for the businesses.
But hey lets just blame it on "think green".
Posted on 2/6/24 at 8:43 am to jclem11
Ell Oh Ell, particularly the Biology book.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 8:55 am to jclem11
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all you voting doesn't matter baws this story proves that you are wrong. Only 5.7% of the 1.3 million eligible voters cast ballots and are changing local politics.
If you’re wanting to rig an election it’s much easier to not count certain votes than it is to add fake votes.
Jus sayin.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 8:58 am to jclem11
I’m all for innovation and the pursuit of renewable energy and cleaner vehicles, but punishing people for the buying what’s readily available is so stupid. You want people to buy electric cars? Get the tech to a point where it’s actually realistic for a massive shift. We’re just not there yet. Create the proper infrastructure and an efficient energy source. Until then, it’s work in progress with many milestones to achieve.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 9:01 am to jclem11
My fellow DGGa triggering the boomers. Well done, baw
Posted on 2/6/24 at 10:42 am to jclem11
This is why we don’t see good travel ball players out of France
Posted on 2/6/24 at 10:46 am to jclem11
quote:One of the legion of reasons to hesitate to help the French if Germany ever regains their national manhood and conquers France again.
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