Green mayor Boris Palmer keeps making headlines.
Now the Tübinger wants to make SUV parking significantly more expensive.
In the name of climate protection.
Tübingen - residents with large cars such as SUVs should have to dig deeper into their pockets in Tübingen - this is the plan of the Greens Mayor Boris Palmer.
The OB wants to massively increase the resident parking fees in his city.
In the name of climate protection.
According to the plan, owners of large cars should pay the most.
Instead of the previous 30 euros a year, it should be 360 euros in the future.
This emerges from the documents for the upcoming meeting of the Tübingen committee to update the climate protection program on Thursday.
The news portal
t-online
reported about it first.
The state government of Baden-Württemberg cleared the way for the project at the beginning of July: Cities in the southwest are allowed to charge significantly more fees for residential parking.
SUV parking twelve times more expensive: Mayor of the Greens Boris Palmer draws up a new plan for Tübingen
In addition to those who own large cars, drivers of smaller cars and electric cars in the southern German city will also pay more in the future.
For cars up to the middle class or minivans, 180 euros per year will be due in the future.
For owners of electric cars, the fee should be 120 euros per year.
Anyone who receives social benefits should receive a 50 percent discount.
“As a city, we want to be climate neutral by 2030,” said the Green politician to the news portal. “Local transport must be massively expanded and made significantly cheaper.” The city wants to finance this through parking fees, among other things. Palmer is not only hoping for a lot of money for climate protection, but also fewer cars in Tübingen. In the future, residents' parking will therefore be subject to charges in the entire core city, but this will be decided at a later date, according to Palmer.
(dpa / aka)
