Paris to hold referendum on higher parking fees for heavy SUVs

Shouldn't parking fees be dependent on area and not weight?

fxtentacle · 2 years ago

Road wear scales with weight^2 so if you want to refinance road maintenance off the parking fees, this seems reasonable.

redwall_hp · 2 years ago

Fourth power of axle weight, apparently. So (weight/2)^4 for a car or SUV.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_power_law

Also, squishy humans really prefer to not be hit by heavier objects travelling at similar speeds.

SoftTalker · 2 years ago

It's worse than that, more roughly weight^4

https://pavementinteractive.org/reference-desk/design/design...

cbg0 · 2 years ago

This is what road/vehicle taxes are for.

n4r9 · 2 years ago

This is one way to discourage pollution in the city.

lowkeyoptimist · 2 years ago

And discourage EVs since they are heavier than ICVs.

tmnvix · 2 years ago

Some combination of both would be best in my opinion. Weight due to wear on roads and size due to the safety implications (some personal vehicles are now almost 2m tall and impossible to see over for pedestrians and cyclists - creating a much more dangerous environment).

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