"Cardiff council will force drivers with larger vehicles to pay more for parking, becoming the first local authority in the UK to impose a parking premium to combat the dangers of larger vehicles. Councillors voted on Thursday to approve a new parking plan for the city whereby owners of larger vehicles will be charged more for parking permits because their cars take up more parking space and are a danger to other road users."
"There has been a growing backlash against the sharp increase in large vehicles on roads, which cause more pollution and are more likely to cause fatalities if involved in a collision. Research has shown that sports utility vehicles (SUVs), which combine features of a passenger car with an off-road vehicle, have increased from 3% to 30% of existing cars in the past two decades."
Cardiff council approved a parking plan that charges higher permit fees for vehicles weighing more than 2,400kg fully laden, with a later reduction to 2,000kg for non-electric vehicles. The surcharge aims to encourage drivers to switch to smaller vehicles because larger vehicles take up more space and present greater danger to other road users. Large vehicles are associated with higher pollution and greater fatality risk in collisions. SUV prevalence rose from 3% to 30% over two decades. Paris tripled SUV parking charges and saw a two-thirds reduction in SUVs using surface parking. A public consultation found 66% support for higher fees for larger vehicles.
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