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Paris residents set to vote on plan to triple parking charges for SUVs (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago by NightOwl@lemmy.ca to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 82 points 9 months ago

Everywhere we should start changing parking charges to "by the foot". The longer your car is the more you need to pay. That will incentivize smaller, safer cars for people that don't really have any need for something big.

[-] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

While still punishing larger families that absolutely need the space. I'm not against the concept generally speaking but we need to consider those kinds of ramifications. Low income families can be large too, afterall. Not even talking about with kids - many families have the grandparents/cousins/etc. around as well.

[-] Uranium3006@kbin.social 25 points 9 months ago

people had larger families in the era where cars were smaller. no one needs an SUV in a city, they're meant for hauling firewood to the remote cabin where there's no paved roads