The Yarra city council unanimously voted on Tuesday to investigate the potential to raise parking fees for large vehicles.
Experts have previously pointed to manufacturers doubling their spend on advertising SUVs and utes over the past decade, and various tax perks such as the instant asset write-off scheme, as factors that have been nudging Australians towards larger vehicles in recent years.
The inner-suburban Yarra city council voted on Tuesday to investigate whether parking fees should be increased for larger vehicles such as SUVs and trucks due to safety concerns.
Environmental groups hailed it as a template for other cities to make streets safer and air cleaner as sales of heavy vehicles soar.
A similar initiative is already in place in the French city of Lyon, while the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said prior to the vote that he would monitor the effectiveness of Paris’s plan if it was approved.
In 2008, the City of Sydney introduced “green concessions” for residential parking permits in the council area to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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The Yarra city council unanimously voted on Tuesday to investigate the potential to raise parking fees for large vehicles.
Experts have previously pointed to manufacturers doubling their spend on advertising SUVs and utes over the past decade, and various tax perks such as the instant asset write-off scheme, as factors that have been nudging Australians towards larger vehicles in recent years.
The inner-suburban Yarra city council voted on Tuesday to investigate whether parking fees should be increased for larger vehicles such as SUVs and trucks due to safety concerns.
Environmental groups hailed it as a template for other cities to make streets safer and air cleaner as sales of heavy vehicles soar.
A similar initiative is already in place in the French city of Lyon, while the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said prior to the vote that he would monitor the effectiveness of Paris’s plan if it was approved.
In 2008, the City of Sydney introduced “green concessions” for residential parking permits in the council area to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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