Good idea, or not?
It’s a great idea - for Paris. It wouldn’t work here and any politician trying to do that would likely lose the next election if his term lasts that long.
Fees won’t apply to Paris residents. Only visitors.
The mayor is just upset at not finding a parking place.
So SUVs keep driving around and not parking, continuing to pollute, waiting to pick up their passenger, since it is so expensive to park?
Parking should be discounted for SUVs to keep pollution down. They should pay to drive the SUV.
Paris is brimming with bakeries and artisan pastry shops, a Red, White and Green alien has landed. It goes by the name of Krispy Kreme and the Parisians cannot get enough so the Mayor will not find parking there either…
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/08/business/kripsy-kreme-paris-open-store/index.html