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Paris votes to triple parking charges for SUVs

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Mon, 5 Feb 2024, 9:13pm
SUV car drive on the Champs Elysees avenue, near to the Arc de Triomphe Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024 in Paris. Paris residents are voting on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024 whether to muscle SUVs off the French capital’s streets by making them much more expensive to park. It’s 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. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
SUV car drive on the Champs Elysees avenue, near to the Arc de Triomphe Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024 in Paris. Paris residents are voting on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024 whether to muscle SUVs off the French capital’s streets by making them much more expensive to park. It’s 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. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Paris votes to triple parking charges for SUVs

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 5 Feb 2024, 9:13pm

Parking charges for some SUVs are set to triple, following a recent landmark vote.

This is the latest move by Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo to make the city greener and friendlier to pedestrians and cyclists ahead of the Paris Olympics.

The election had a low turnout - 5.7 percent - but over 54 percent of voters supported the change.

UK correspondent Gavin Grey says these increased fees apply to cars weighing over 1.6 tonnes from outside the city.

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