Vancouver drivers may soon be asked to pay more for parking in the name of fighting the climate emergency, but it won't be as soon as it could have been, after city council rejected a controversial proposal Wednesday evening.
Vancouver drivers may soon be paying more, as a controversial proposal to increase parking fees and to add a pollution surcharge on some new model vehicles goes before city council for a second straight day.
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winter storm had done with an emergency parking ban. 70 plows working to clear the major roadways. they have emergency vehicles, bus and school roots are being reorganized and reporting over 20 accidents on the very slick roads in nebraska. bill: who have heard this story of a lot of places in the country especially michigan facing a shortage of road salt. driving up the price as this winter goes on and on. >> just yesterday the price doubled, actually. now it is $600. bill: homeowners facing the same problem, not just michigan. talking about new jersey, new york as well. when i was a younger man, they would call me salt pile willie because out always go out to see how the stock was doing. salt pile willie.
>> reporter: it started with a light powder and coating the northeast. and then it came roaring in. a powerful nor'easter that pounded the northeast. all the way up to maine and far inland. in the boston area, traffic ground almost to a halt on many major highways. and everywhere roads were littered with accidents and spinouts. a pickup truck flipped on to its side in maine. a semi beached on a highway median in this photo tweeted by the massachusetts state police. and in massachusetts apolice car a victim of a fender-bender. emergency parking in effect, schools closed, government workers sent home early. it was a tale of two cities and two mayors. boston's tom menino, four days from leaving office after 20 years. >> i guess mother nature wanted to give me one more gift. the snowstorm. >> reporter: and new york city's
northeast. and then it came roaring in. a powerful nor'easter that pounded the northeast. all the way up to maine and far inland. in the boston area, traffic ground almost to a halt on many major highways. and everywhere roads were littered with accidents and spinouts. a pickup truck flipped on to its side in maine. a semi beached on a highway median in this photo tweeted by the massachusetts state police. and in massachusetts, a police car a victim of a fender-bender. emergency parking in effect, schools closed, government workers sent home early. it was a tale of two cities and two mayors. boston's tom menino, four days from leaving office after 20 years. >> i guess mother nature wanted to give me one more gift. the snowstorm. >> reporter: and new york city's bill deblasio in office for just his second day. >> it would have been nice to have a nice, calm first day, but we have snow on our mind. we are focused like a laser. >> reporter: also on the mind of new york officials, avoiding a repeat of last year's storm that left motorists stranded on the