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  • I understand something like a GMC Suburban or a Cadillac Escalade, but the Porsche Macan (in article thumbnail) and many other compact SUVs take up the same curb space and about the same weight and length as a standard sedan.

    • Porsche Macan (SUV): 4400lbs, 186.1"
    • Honda CRV (SUV): 3285lbs, 184.8"
    • Audi A4 (sedan): 3700lbs, 187.5"
    • Pegeout 508 (sedan): 3290lbs, 187"

    vs

    • Cadillac Escalade (SUV): 6200lbs, 211"
    • Range Rover (SUV): 6025lbs, 207"

    Unless they put weighted meters at every parking space, would be interesting to see how they enforce this. Compact-SUVs are useful and are well equipped for their weight (AWD, safety features, space-efficient).

    Here is a cool chart showing weight vs road wear. Not sure how scientific it is, but shows cars around 4000lbs are considered normal wear.

    Unless the goal is to move drivers to the subcompact-sedan form factor.

    • Mini Cooper: 3144lbs, 159.1"
    • Citreon C3: 2226lbs, 156.7"

    Then they could make low cost parking spaces ~170" long and any cars that do not fit in that would have to go in the bigger spaces with a higher rate. Very curious how they would implement it without costing the tax payer too much.





  • Mastodon has went through a similar bump, but more recently has had some larger figures begin usage (local government broadcasts, b-level ‘thought-leaders’/‘influencers’, etc). In order to get to the next level, lemmy needs to show it can survive test of time and is worth the effort to establish an online profile. For example, reddit has corporate organizations creating and maintaining subreddits which act as an avenue for community engagement. Having active community engagement leads to advertisement, which can be a double edged sword, but useful if pursuing ‘growth’ metrics. I’m not sure what the lemmy devs (or it’s users) have planned for this.