On September 1, 2022, Paris instituted a new parking fee for motorbikes and scooters. Previously, all two-wheelers enjoyed free parking access throughout the City of Lights. However, officials implemented a €3 ($3) per hour parking rate to curb urban congestion, pollution, and noise. Ruffling even more feathers, the newly-mandated fees only applied to motorcycles and scooters equipped with internal combustion engines.
Just three months following the order, Paris police have already issued more than 200,000 parking violation tickets. With fines ranging between €25 ($26 USD) and €37.5 ($40 USD), the staggering total amounts to more than €5M ($5.3M USD) in fines. During that same period, authorities removed and impounded 5,000 motorcycles and scooters for illegal parking.
