Since nine o'clock this morning, parking prices in the capital have increased for visitors.
In the first eleven districts of Paris (zone 1), it will now be necessary to pay € 6 per hour, instead of € 4 until now, according to the website of the Paris town hall.
From the 12th to the 20th arrondissement (zone 2), the hourly rate will also drop from € 2.40 to € 4.
For six hours of parking, parking in zone 1 will therefore cost visitors € 75 compared to € 50 previously.
For zone 2 you will have to pay 50 € instead of 35 €.
Heavy goods vehicles will not be spared either with an hourly rate going from € 12 to € 18 in zone 1 and from € 7.20 to € 12 in zone 2.
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Same story with regard to fines, renamed Post-parking Packages, which see their price drop from € 50 to € 75 in zone 1 and from € 35 to € 50 in zone 2. A possibility of a reduction of 30% remains possible. if these are paid in less than four days.
In the Bois de Vincennes as well as in the Bois de Boulogne, parking will also become chargeable on weekdays - at € 4 for one hour - and on Saturdays - at € 1.60 per hour - from October 1, 2021. Motorcycle drivers and scooters will finally have to pay to park in the capital from January 1, 2022.
The association 40 million motorists denounces a "
selection by money
"
However, the resident rate has not increased and mobile professional rates will be extended to traders and craftsmen in the outer suburbs from October 1.
Parking will remain free for eligible low emission vehicles.
The Paris city hall places the reform of parking prices at the heart of a broader policy of avoiding thermal cars in the capital.
The objective is to eliminate half of the parking spaces, ie an area of 60 hectares, to favor less polluting means of transport on the road.
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The measure is not to the liking of motorists. Daniel Quero, leader of the 40 million motorists association denounces "
a selection by money
" which makes a distinction between those "
who will have the means to pay for parking
" despite the increase, and the others. According to him, the increase in tariffs is part of a budgetary logic which has the sole purpose of "
replenishing the coffers of the indebted town hall
". The association also fears that the city will turn "
into a museum city and an economic desert
" by depriving itself of the arrival of inhabitants from the Paris region. The bikers had also expressed their dissatisfaction with the announcement of the upcoming pricing of their parking.
