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Are you ‘carspreading’? Warning SUVs could cost London 100,000 parking spots (opens original article in a new tab)

TL;DR

A study warns that increasing car sizes, particularly SUVs, could reduce on-street parking spaces in European cities like London by up to 14% by 2040 and lead to more road fatalities.

  • Major European cities may lose up to 14% of on-street parking spaces due to increasing car sizes
  • SUVs could lead to 400 additional road deaths annually in the UK and EU by 2040
  • T&E warns that cities are overwhelmed by oversized cars not designed for urban areas

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