SUV Owners May Have to Pay More for Parking in Vienna in the Future

At the same time, the councillor stated: "I believe the fundamental considerations were, as in other cities, that it is not the goal of the city administration for particularly large cars to be used in the city." So-called SUVs are not necessarily intended for an urban environment, "but rather where they are really needed, for example, to drive up a mountain."

The vehicle category has recently "become very prevalent," said Sima. They will now look into whether separate tariffs are a sensible measure and whether there are best practice examples in other cities. However, they are still at the very beginning of this process.

Reactions to Possible Additional Parking Fees for SUVs in Vienna

The Greens expressed their delight in a reaction. Now it seems that there is some movement in the discussion about cars that are too large for the city, stated the deputies Heidi Sequenz and Kilian Stark in a joint release.

"There are already many exemplary models in other cities. First and foremost Paris, where parking fees for particularly heavy cars were tripled last year," they referred to international examples. In several German cities, there are also differentiations in parking fees based on size and weight, they highlighted.

However, the transport spokesperson for the Vienna People's Party, Elisabeth Olischar, reacted with criticism. The question arises, for example, according to which criteria such an "additional tax" should be assessed, she said. An orientation based on the size of a vehicle would inevitably affect family cars or delivery vans. An orientation based on weight, in turn, would burden electric cars, warned Olischar. She identified it as "plain and simple extortion."

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