Beware of the new parking rates in Paris!
This page is translated from the original post "Attention aux nouveaux tarifs de stationnement à Paris !" in French.
- 01/10/2024 9:50
On Tuesday, October 1, 2024, new parking rates will come into effect in Paris. Watch out for fines!
In addition to the ring road speed limit of 50 km/h, this was one of the key promises of Anne Hidalgo’s term as Mayor of Paris: to encourage the transition to electric vehicles to reduce pollution in the capital. To entice residents, the mayor had previously floated the idea of free residential parking. However, this will end on October 1, 2024, for electric cars weighing “in service” over 2 tons. This is a consequence of the vote that was largely ignored by Parisians at the beginning of the year, which the City Hall of Paris is now implementing. Owners of electric vehicles registered in Paris have recently received the following message to inform them of the change. Owners of thermal vehicles, hybrids or not, over 1.6 tons are also affected!
Rates are skyrocketing, and so are penalties
If your thermal or hybrid vehicle exceeds 1.6 tons, or if your electric vehicle exceeds 2 tons, you will now have to pay 18 euros for one hour of parking in central Paris (1st to 11th arrondissement), up from 6 euros currently. For the outer arrondissements (12th to 20th), the rate increases to 12 euros instead of 4 euros today. Whether your vehicle is an SUV or not no longer matters, proving that the voting on SUVs was just a smokescreen. You can’t say you weren’t warned: The City Hall of Paris has lied again
Parisian residents, who were the only ones allowed to vote on this measure, will be exempt. Professionals with a registered vehicle, taxis, and people with reduced mobility will also be exempt, which is the least that can be done!
Today, if you do not pay the parking fee, you risk receiving a FPS (Post Parking Package). It’s no longer a fine or a ticket, but a fee. In other words, if you do not pay the small fee to park, you will have to pay a larger fee when you go out to do your shopping, for example. The amount of the FPS is 75 euros in the 1st to 11th arrondissements and 50 euros for the 12th to 20th arrondissements, equivalent to 6 hours of parking, which is the maximum duration allowed for non-residents according to the official text from City Hall. For us, the math doesn’t add up, even with a 30% discount for payment within 96 hours.
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