SUV Type Vehicles Will Be Charged With Three-fold More Expensive Parking Fees In Paris, IDR 300 Thousand Per Hour

Parking a vehicle at Rue Mahellin Street, Paris. (Wikimedia Commons/Chabe01)

JAKARTA - Parisiders agreed to increase parking rates for larger cars, SUVs, where the types of vehicles will be charged parking fees of more than 100 euros for several hours in the French capital.

As many as 55 percent of Parisians agreed to the proposal to increase the SUV rate to 18 euros (Rp303,112) per hour for the first two hours in the city's central districts, in the number one to 11 audience, three times the cost of smaller vehicles.

SUV parking for three hours will cost 72 euros, then four hours up to 117 euros, then five hours will cost SUV drivers 171 euros and 225 euros for six hours, costing less than 75 euros for a smaller vehicle. February 5th.

This small referendum is open to Parisians who are registered as voters. The question raised to them is: Support or oppose the application of special rates for heavy, large, and pollution car parking?

However, only 5.7 percent of the 1.3 million voters eligible for voting at 39 polling stations in the city, reports the Le Monde newspaper.

The parking rules will apply to vehicles weighing more than 1.6 tonnes, or two tonnes if they are electric.

This scheme applies to SUVs parked in the number one amendment to 11 capital. While Paris' outer audience numbered 12 to 20, out-of-town SUV drivers will pay 12 euros per hour for the first two hours and increase to 150 euros for six hours.

Although often criticized for its size and high level of pollution, the SUV still attracts the attention of motorists, including in France.

SUV sales have quadrupled in the country's last decade, representing about 40 percent of new car sales, the French WWF report found.

In its proposal, the mayor's office said the SUV consumed too much space on the streets and sidewalks in Paris, more dangerous than small cars for pedestrians. However, this referendum has come under fire because it unfairly targets families on the outskirts of the city who cannot rely on public transportation.

The voting is the latest step in the efforts of the Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo to make this year's Olympic host city more environmentally friendly and friendly for pedestrians and cyclists. He has worked for years to make Paris less friendly to cars.

It is known that motorized vehicles have been completely banned on several roads, especially in the Seine River embankment which was once a busy highway.

The city has been a haven for cyclists, runners, family and romantic couples since Hidalgo closed it for motorized vehicle traffic in 2016.

In its posts on social media, Hidalgo argues the SUV consumes too much space on narrow streets in Paris, causes too much pollution, "threatens health and our planet," and causes more traffic accidents than small cars.

"The time has come to stop the tendency for cars that are always bigger, higher, wider," he said.

"You have the power to take back ownership of our streets," he said.

This referendum format is similar to last year's, which banned the use of joint electric scooters.

The city government continues to enforce the ban, although few people have cast their voices.