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.

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Right, it’s more work to ban SUVs entirely, but it’s definitely a better goal overall. I fundamentally dislike the idea of creating rules that only apply to the poors while the rich are at best mildly inconvenienced. We need to strive to build a fair society where laws apply to everyone equally.

    There’s a great quote from Anatole France that sums this up:

    In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.