Anne Hidalgo wants to triple SUV parking prices in Paris

2023-12-08 13:10:29

By Le Figaro with AFP

Published 16 minutes ago, Updated 13 minutes ago

This announcement comes in a context “where sales of SUVs have exploded in France in recent years” as the Parisian municipality points out on its website. SARAH MEYSSONNIER / REUTERS

If Parisians answer “yes” to the vote scheduled for February 4, SUV drivers will have to pay an hourly rate of 18 euros for the central districts and 12 euros for the outer districts.

The bill promises to be steep for lovers of “big cars“. As she announced last month, Paris town hall Anne Hidalgo will invite Parisians “to decide on a very significant increase in non-residential parking rates for SUVs and 4X4s» during a vote scheduled for February 4. We now know the extent of the increase planned by the municipality: the City of Paris will propose a tripling of parking rates for tall and heavy cars called SUVs.

Concretely, if the “oui» wins the question «For or against the creation of a specific rate for the parking of heavy, bulky, polluting individual cars?», SUV drivers will have to pay an hourly rate of 18 euros for the central districts and 12 euros for the outer districts, specified his mobility assistant David Belliard (EELV).

A precedent in Lyon

This announcement comes in a context “where SUV sales have exploded in France in recent years», as the Parisian municipality points out on its website. “With this vote, we want to say stop. Stop the excesses of car manufacturers, who push to buy ever bigger, more expensive, more raw material-intensive and more polluting vehicles.», Explains Anne Hidalgo. Through this vote, the Parisian councilor intends to respond to several issues of security, sharing of public space and pollution.

A new pricing policy which, if applied – as announced – “in the months following the vote», would take an example from what was voted on but not yet implemented in Lyon. In this city led by elected environmentalist Grégory Doucet, monthly residential rates will increase from 20 euros today to three different rates between 15 and 45 euros depending on the size of the vehicle.