Would charging for parking based on emissions be fair? parking climatechange
Owners of vehicles with higher emissions could be charged more for parking in Dublin City Centre.
As part of Dublin City Council’s Climate Action Plan, higher emission vehicles could be charged more for parking compared to EVs or low emissions vehicles. So the idea might sound good, but will it work in practice? Let’s take for example two cars - a 2011 Volkswagen Polo and a 2022 Land Rover Defender PHEV. The Polo, with its 60 horsepower has CO2 emissions of 128g/km. The Defender PHEV has 77g/km. The Defender is 700mm longer than the Polo and weighs 2600kg, around 1,500kg or 136% more than the Polo.
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