boem@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 11 months agoParis to hold referendum on higher parking fees for heavy SUVswww.brusselstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down14
arrow-up1157arrow-down1external-linkParis to hold referendum on higher parking fees for heavy SUVswww.brusselstimes.comboem@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareMattol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·11 months agoTo be fair, there aren’t many of these in downtown Paris in the first place. Probably way fewer than in American or already German cities. This referendum feels more symbolic than anything else.
minus-squareMadlaine@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·11 months agoBetter stop something before it becomes a problem.
minus-squarealcyoneouslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoI saw a pickup truck for the first time there just yesterday, so this seems symbolic currently, but will hopefully stop that likely inevitable trend.
To be fair, there aren’t many of these in downtown Paris in the first place. Probably way fewer than in American or already German cities. This referendum feels more symbolic than anything else.
Better stop something before it becomes a problem.
I saw a pickup truck for the first time there just yesterday, so this seems symbolic currently, but will hopefully stop that likely inevitable trend.