Lyon will launch ecological and social parking rates

The city thus wishes to "guarantee a fair sharing of public space, be part of the global health policy and respond to the climate emergency", she explains in a press release.

It thus plans to abandon the current single price, a monthly subscription of 20 euros for residents, in favor of three formulas. And to adapt the same principle for "visitors".

The first formula, at 15 euros per month, will concern “the most modest” households, as well as electric vehicles weighing less than 2.200 kilos and thermal vehicles weighing less than 1.000 kilos (i.e. the segment of small city cars).

The "standard" rate, at 30 euros per month, will apply to thermal vehicles from 1.000 to 1.725 ​​kilos, as well as rechargeable hybrids up to 1.900 kilos.

Finally, an "increased" rate, at 45 euros per month, will apply to "the bulkiest" vehicles, i.e. thermal vehicles weighing more than 1.725 ​​kilos, a threshold which refers to vehicles concerned by the State's weight penalty (tax on the mass in running order), specifies the city. Also affected are plug-in hybrids weighing more than 1.900 kilos and "green crit'air" vehicles weighing more than 2.200 kilos.

"Faced with the issues of congestion in public space and the climate emergency, the observation is that of heavier and larger motorized vehicles. This is an observation underlined by the Citizen's Convention for the Climate and now integrated into the law", recalls Valentin Lungenstrass, Deputy Delegate for Mobility, Urban Logistics and Public Spaces, quoted in the press release.

In an interview with Le Progrès, the elected official specifies that the city of Lyon is the first to integrate both social and ecological criteria into its pricing.

Cities like Nantes or Strasbourg are in the process of setting up progressive social tariffs. Others take into account ecological criteria, such as the city of Vienna which offers a "green disc" for parking.