Paris triples parking fees for SUVs – results of a citizen survey. Around 1.3 million residents of the capital were called to vote under the motto ‘More or less SUV in Paris?’ Only just under six percent of them took part in the vote.
Around 54.5% voted in favor of increasing parking fees, around 45.5 percent against it. The city's argument for higher fees forSUVs: The heavy bodies caused increased environmental pollution, took up a lot of public space and endangered traffic safety.