According to the regional Stuttgarter Zeitung, Boris Palmer – who is also a member of the Green party – plans to hike parking charges from €30 to €180 per year in an attempt to free the picturesque town from congestion. If the plans come into force, the top parking fee will apply to cars with combustion engines weighing more than 1800kg and electric cars weighing more than 2000kg. Palmer initially proposed to raise the top fee to €360, but his plans met with opposition from officials on the city climate planning committee. The move has also been widely praised by climate activists, who say that free and heavily subsidised parking spaces must end. After winning the support he needs for his parking fee change, he penned an unapologetic post on Facebook announcing the move telling ‘car drivers’ that things were about to change.

Source: The Local September 24, 2021 07:07 UTC