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Re:Paris Vote Targets SUV Drivers with Parking Fees Set to T... by stefan_ on Saturday February 03, 2024 @01:52PM (#39243441)
People interested in and passionate about transportation in cities have long been warning that it doesn't solve anything if you just replace every combustion engine car with a (likely bigger) electric car, and incentives for them are wholly absurd in urban spaces.
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Re:Paris Vote Targets SUV Drivers with Parking Fees Set to T... by gambiting on Saturday February 03, 2024 @02:33PM (#39243911)
The thing is that there are multiple things that are problems and which can have independent(and even contradictory) solutions. Like for instance - cars cause noise and pollution in cities where people live and breathe.

Solution: give large incentives for people to buy EVs instead, so you solve the noise and pollution problems(not entirely, but in a large part).

But obviously that does nothing to the lack of parking spaces, people using/not using public transit, cycling etc etc etc. It's just one of the sides of a very complex cube.

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