New cars in Europe are getting 1 cm wider every two years, on average. That trend is set to continue due to the rising sales of SUVs – unless lawmakers take action. @cities_clean 🧡 theguardian.com/business/202…

SUVs drive trend for new cars to grow 1cm wider in UK and EU every two years, says report

Bigger cars more likely to kill people, release more toxic gas and are outgrowing design of cities

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Jan 23, 2024 Β· 12:01 PM UTC

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It's been going on for decades: the width of new cars increased by 0.5cm a year on average between 2001 to 2020, data from the ICCT shows. 2/4
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Around half of new cars sold are already too wide for the minimum on-street parking space in many countries. That's leading to parking on footpaths and endangering pedestrians, cyclists and everyone else on the road. 3/4
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Read our latest analysis πŸ‘‡ transportenvironment.org/dis… 4/4

Cars are getting 1 cm wider every two years – research

Over half of new vehicles are too wide for many on-street parking spaces. Paris will vote on tripling parking fees for SUVs on 4 February.

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