Paris to charge SUV drivers higher parking fees to tackle ‘auto-besity’
www.theguardian.com
Size, weight and motor will be taken into account as councillors target ‘dangerous, cumbersome’ vehicles

I think making the ownership of larger cars more expensive is probably one of the best ways to make them less attractive to the average driver. Whether parking fees, taxes or other methods are the best way remains to be seen.

  • flof@feddit.de
    14·
    1 year ago

    Not in Europe.

    Here, businesses and craftsmen use either vans like the VW T4, Renault Master or Ford Transit, or smaller “cargo station wagons”/small vans like VW Caddy, Renault Kangoo etc.

    These offer way more practical room on much less traffic space.

    • maynarkh
      7·
      1 year ago

      And safer for both the occupants and traffic, have lower emissions and better mileage, are cheaper, more versatile…

    • bluGill@kbin.social
      12·
      1 year ago

      My comment was in respect to US CAFE rules… Europe is different of course.

      Having used both vans and trucks in construction I can report their are pros and cons to each with no clear winner for everything.

      • flof@feddit.de
        5·
        1 year ago

        The article was about regulations in Paris, if you switch context or continents, you need to say so.

        This is a European van, too. Where does the US truck best it in terms of practicality?