A review of parking by Dublin City Council is examining the feasibility of charging 'differential parking charges' for different types of vehicles
Owners of bigger"gas guzzling" cars with higher emissions could be charged more for parking in Dublin city centre.
"As part of our Climate Action Plan, one of our aims is to investigate the feasibility or starting to move towards differential parking charges," said Mr O’Brien. The parking app will apply cheaper rates for cars with lower emissions and higher ones for those that produce more pollutants."What we will be looking at is using the pay by mobile phone application. It would be possible to then charge a lower rate for a low emission vehicle," said Mr O’Brien.
"It is a bit unfair if you are parking something like a Polo or a Yaris and then beside you someone is parking a massive Range Rover and they are both paying the same amount," said Mr Pidgeon. Similar differential parking charge systems are in place in other cities around the world. Edinburgh introduced parking permits linked to CO2 emissions in 2009.
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