Charging giant vehicles more to park seems like common sense public policy to me www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/w... - ThreadSky

billmckibben.bsky.social • 63 days ago

Charging giant vehicles more to park seems like common sense public policy to me
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/world/europe/paris-vote-suvs-parking.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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lafileuse.bsky.social•56 days ago

I’ve seen some parking places here in NSW have “Compact” spaces clearly marked. Not always closer to entrances, but it’s a start. Another problem with the bigger vehicles is that if you’re parked next to them, it takes longer to exit your space safely. You need to be very careful.

oakmarie.bsky.social•63 days ago

Absolutely the right thing to do. Paris mayor is making the city much pedestrian friendly.

oakmarie.bsky.social•62 days ago

…much MORE pedestrian friendly. Eagerly awaiting the Bluesky “edit” button.

hdunloprelf.bsky.social•62 days ago

They should also be charged higher vehicle registration fees

adamhw.bsky.social•62 days ago

They are! : 10euros per kilo over 1800.

melalon.bsky.social•62 days ago

They’re simply smarter

p17ete.bsky.social•62 days ago

All 2000

A policy to:

- make front cameras compulsory, so forward manoeuvring is as safe as reversing 👍

- provide cycle lanes isolated from traffic 👍

- exclude cars from city centres 👍

- concealed speed traps 👍

- ban convicted dangerous/rage/drink drivers from motor transport 👍

caryapolis.bsky.social•62 days ago

This also needs to be done in the US - the epicenter of bloated trucks and SUVs.

misst59.bsky.social•62 days ago

Wow that could be big $ here in the US.

jeffnorm.bsky.social•62 days ago

I was just in a strip mall parking lot today where a giant pickup was sticking out a good 2ft past the parking lines, despite being pulled all the way in. I thought to myself that businesses or governments should make it policy that if you can’t fit, you have to park at the back of the lot.

jeffnorm.bsky.social•62 days ago

Sure, allow people to buy behemoths if they want to, but shy should every other driver have to dodge it in a parking lot bc they chose something too big for normal parking places? Allow the person who made that vehicle choice to be the one who is inconvenienced.

communitycafe.bsky.social•62 days ago

💯

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