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In get-out-the-vote posts on social media, Hidalgo argued that SUVs take up too much space on narrow Parisian streets, are too polluting and \u201cthreaten our health and our planet,\u201d and cause more traffic accidents than smaller cars.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe time has come to break with this tendency for cars that are always bigger, taller, wider,\u201d she said. \u201cYou have the power to take back ownership of our streets.\u201d<\/p>\n
The cost for non-residents to park SUVs in Paris\u2019 central districts, in the arrondissements numbered 1 through 11, would soar to 18 euros ($19.5) per hour for the first two hours, compared to 6 euros per hour for smaller cars.<\/p>\n
After that, parking would become increasingly punitive. A six-hour stay with an SUV \u2014 enough, say, to take in a show and a restaurant \u2014 would cost a whopping 225 euros ($243), compared to 75 euros for smaller vehicles.<\/p>\n
Away from the heart of the city, in Paris\u2019 outer arrondissements numbered 12 through 20, an out-of-town SUV driver would pay 12 euros per hour for the first two hours, progressively rising to 150 euros for six hours.<\/p>\n
The mini-referendum was open to Parisians registered to vote. The question they were asked was: \u201cFor or against the creation of a specific rate for the parking of heavy, bulky, polluting individual cars?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n