Sydney Greens call for SUV parking fees to be tripled, like in Paris

Sydney Greens call for SUV parking fees to be tripled, like in Paris

A councillor has called for drivers to pay three times as much to park their SUVs, calling them dangers to public safety and the environment.

Sydney debates higher SUV parking fees

Sydney is the latest Australian council to debate the need for higher parking fees on SUVs and large utes. Greens councillor Mathew Thompson brought a motion to the 7 April Sydney City Council meeting to investigate increasing parking fees due to the danger to other people, climate emissions and maintenance costs of larger, heavier vehicles. “SUVs and luxury trucks are killers. They are far more dangerous than normal passenger cars and pose incr…