Look at this SUV douchebag - he literally skids into the parking space and surprise surprise he gets out with wife and 2 kids under 5.
Darren Cullen nailed it with his faux SUV ad. #suvs
Adfree Cities, an advocacy group in the UK successfully got an ad for the Toyota Hilux SUV that shows drivers ripping through sensitive natural areas and cities taken off the airwaves and streets.
We talked with two members of the organization about how they’re tackling the auto industry’s most egregious marketing campaigns.
#Paris#Cities#Urbanism#SUVs#AirPollution#Parking: "Green activists in Paris are making a final push to win a landmark vote tripling parking charges for SUVs in a move aimed at tackling air pollution that is being closely watched by other cities such as London.
Paris residents will be asked to vote on Sunday for or against a special parking tariff for heavy, large and polluting SUVs parked by non-residents, as the French capital aims to target rich, out-of-town drivers entering the city in order to tackle climate breakdown and air pollution.
In final campaigning before Sunday’s vote, the socialist mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, canvassed parents outside a primary school in the 10th arrondissement near the Gare du Nord, where pollution from large boulevards, traffic on small backstreets and a lack of green space had led many residents to call for fewer cars."
Höhere SUV-Parkgebühren in Paris: Ein Vorbild für deutsche Städte?
Wer ab September mit einem SUV nach Paris fährt, muss tief in die Tasche greifen. Für übergroße Fahrzeuge sollen dort künftig höhere Parkgebühren anfallen. Die Umwelthilfe spricht von einem Weckruf für deutsche Städte.
"Parisians have voted to triple parking costs for sports utility vehicles (#SUVs), as the city aims to tackle #AirPollution and #climate breakdown by targeting rich drivers in heavy, large and polluting cars."
Heavy cars contribute more to road maintenance costs, so this saves everyone else money.
Bürgerbefragung: Paris stimmt für dreimal höhere SUV-Parkgebühren
In der französischen Hauptstadt hat eine knappe Mehrheit dafür gestimmt, die Parkgebühren für schwere Stadtgeländewagen zu verdreifachen. Darauf zielt auch die Pariser Verwaltung. Der Sondertarif soll nur für Besucher gelten.
Bürgerbefragung: Paris stimmt für dreimal höhere SUV-Parkgebühren
In der französischen Hauptstadt hat eine knappe Mehrheit dafür gestimmt, die Parkgebühren für schwere Stadtgeländewagen zu verdreifachen. Darauf zielt auch die Pariser Verwaltung. Der Sondertarif soll nur für Besucher gelten.
The cost to park #SUVs in Paris's central districts for drivers that do not have a special licence from local authorities is set to soar to €18 (£15) per hour for the first 2 hours, compared to €6 (£5) per hour for smaller cars.
After that, #parking will become increasingly punitive.
A 6 hour stay with an #SUV will cost €225 (£192), compared to €75 (£64) for smaller vehicles.
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Green activists in Paris are making a final push to win a landmark vote tripling #parkingcharges for #SUVs in a move aimed at tackling #airpollution that is being closely watched by other cities such as London.
IEA-Chef fordert staatliches Eingreifen bei SUV-Trend
Der Trend zu schweren, großen Autos ist nach Ansicht des Chefs der Energieagentur IEA, Birol, fatal. Er fordert, dass Staaten den eines SUV unattraktiver machen - zum Beispiel durch höhere Steuern.
New cars in the EU and UK have grown 1cm wider every two years, spurred on by the sale of SUVs.
It’s symbolic for the inherent flaw of capitalism, where everything must grow all the time for the system to work, at the expense of natural resources and the environment. Time for degrowth.
European cars are getting 1cm wider every 2 years #autobesity
"Crash data from Belgium from 2017 to 2021 shows that a 10cm increase in the height of vehicle fronts raises the risk of death by 30% when a car hits a pedestrian or cyclist, according to a study by the Vias Institute, previously the Belgian Institute for Road Safety."
With cars getting 5mm wider every year, and bigger cars more likely to kill other road users as well as pumping out ever more emissions, Paris votes to triple parking charges for #SUVs. This seems like an excellent strategy for avoiding the potentially regressive nature of schemes like London't #ULEZ which potentially penalises poorer people with older cars.
They call for more data on the "death Toll", money and more (killer) roads, but never for a radical infrastructure redesign. No data on "roadkill" of native animals either.