Paris triples parking fees for SUVs | DW News

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1. Yesterday, Chinese investors were criticized by the Chinese government for reducing their holdings of stocks! And the short sellers were arrested by Chinese police! We call on the Chinese government to stop manipulating the market!

2. 1.6 metric tons = 1600 kg = 3500 lb. For comparison, nearly every EV available in North America is heavier than 3500, some much (much!) heavier. Small cars in general are rapidly disappearing. Personally, I would love to see small simple cars making a come back.

3. It's not just SUV's that weigh that much, plenty of non-SIV's weigh 1.6 tons.

   But i'm sure rich people will be ok, because they will be able to afford to buy another car.

4. Most of those SUVs are just a symbol of status, no one needs one for city living. So if you want to display your wealth that way we all assume you have enough money to pay for the showoff. Utilitarian small vehicles for business operations better transit and bicycle infrastructure for everyone else.

5. It would have been better to make it equally more expensive for all cars, not just SUVs. The negative effect on electric cars is unfortunate, but ultimately the number of cars is the real problem.

   The French rely too much on their cars, so cities get crowded with them and leave little space for pedestrians, which makes for unpleasant cities to live in. Alternative transportation modes aren't developed enough compared to some other countries, because "people should just take their car".

   Looking forward to the day public transport alternatives and/or self-driving cars are sufficiently developed that it no longer makes sense to have our own car. Or if we do we can tell to park itself outside the city and cole back when it's needed.

6. That's fine make it impossible to drive so people use mass transit.

7. I’m disabled and need a suv to slide in & out. I can’t get into a lower car…. then what?

8. The WEF wants us all poor

9. Will not change a thing. If you drive one of these monsters into Paris, you most likely belong to this particular group of people that don't even get a change in pulse when the bill says 54 EUR. And besides what to do with that extra money to solve the problem? Exactly.

10. Yeah what do you need a fricking Jeep / Cayenne in a dense city?

11. 6% turnout? Local political voting is very very important because it affects your everyday life. I don’t understand why more people don’t vote

12. Super 😊. Ça va faire réfléchir d'autres grandes villes. C'est une aberration de voir ces monstres, SUV, 4×4, pickup circuler avec souvent une seule personne à bord. Empêcher les petites voitures, même thermiques avec des ZBE ou LZE car elles sont euro 4 ou 5 et laisser circuler les tanks (qui au km, consomment 2 à 3 X plus en ville) était une ineptie et une injustice totale. En plus des ressources gaspillées, ces véhicules plus lourds, plus hauts sont des dangers publics pour les autres voitures, les cyclistes, piétons,… Ces constructeurs ont complètement oublié la classe moyenne qui ne peut pas se payer de VE même en cas de nécessité. Ici à Bxls, dans beaucoup de rues, ces monstres ne savent plus se croiser ! A quelle connerie on en est arrivé !

13. Soon Paris will be broke again and will tax something else. This never stops

14. So it would be Pricy $ to park my Truck 🛻 in Paris …oh well.😮

15. But if locals are exempt it is pretty useless nominal measure

16. Money grab ❤

17. Good debunking, especially showing the hassan clip to provide context.

18. Voter turn out of just under 6%? In principle the question might well be valid, but should we be legitimising elections with a turnout that low?

19. If is so much problems with the vehicles now a day don't
    Drive Them .

20. Well if you can afford an suv

21. Good idea. More progressive taxes are required.

22. That is so crazy and my city in the United States were only paying $1.25 to park for an hour

23. Very Good

24. Fantastic

25. You can park your immigrants for free.

26. Tax the rich

27. 6% voter turnout lol

28. That's Exploitation. More than minimum wages there

29. That's one area in which the US is a much better place to live.

30. has little to do with SUVs. Keep out every nice European car, stick to your French stuff.

31. Reno Duster😂 is a SUV as well. >1,6t if loaded.

32. Won't be going to Paris anytime soon then

33. Yes make the rich pay more ty

34. I just don't let these vehicles out at junctions ever. Screw these antisocial vehicles and their drivers