Hit Them In The Pocket: How Cities Are Going After SUVs

SUV numbers have jumped nearly sevenfold since 2010, to about 330 million worldwide (Credit: AFP)

Two decades after London began moves to clamp down on sports utility vehicles, Parisians on Sunday will vote on whether to squeeze the gas-guzzlers out of town by tripling their parking fees.

The proposal by Paris's Socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo is the most radical by a big city in the fight against the big cars, blamed for driving up emissions, being a menace to pedestrians and generally taking up too much space.