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.

  • BoxedFenders [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    The SUVs in Europe are also smaller on average than the behemoths on American roads. The largest ones you will come across in France will be BMW X5 sized. And while they are large, they are utterly dwarfed by SUVs like the Suburban, Sequoia and Escalade. An Escalade vs X5 comparison here.

    • azimir@lemmy.mlOP
      6·
      10 months ago

      Indeed! It’s really hard to explain just how much smaller the traffic feels in European cities, even when there’s lots of vehicles they’re still less massive overall. I have taken video footage of traffic in a few different European cities just to show people how much smaller, quieter, and less dense rush hour traffic is. Even when comparing it to my US mid-sized city’s traffic.

      It’s just nicer to be around roads with fewer and smaller cars.