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The High Cost of Free Parking (2005)

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Re: The High Cost of Free Parking (2005)

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These maps provide graphic evidence of how parking lots “eat” U.S. cities: https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/parking-lots-eat-american-...

America has paid a steep price for parking:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36197206

The force that shapes everything around us: Parking: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36758355

Parking Laws Are Strangling America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUNXFHpUhu8

Austin Preparing To End Parking Mandates Citywide in 2023: https://austin.towers.net/austin-preparing-to-end-parking-ma...

Re: The High Cost of Free Parking (2005)

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post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Central planning: ideas so good they're mandatory.

Central planning is the government dictating exactly how many parking spots are mandatory for different kinds of uses.

Businesses that want to provide parking are also free to do so.

Re: The High Cost of Free Parking (2005)

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Imo, street side parking in cities should just be scrapped. It makes no sense for the public to pay so much money to allow people to park particular kinds of private property for free. Pushing all parking on to businesses own lots or in dedicated parking facilities would let the market adequately price parking rather than externalising the cost.

Re: The High Cost of Free Parking (2005)

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post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Central planning is the government dictating exactly how many parking spots are mandatory for different kinds of uses.

Businesses that want to provide parking are also free to do so.

But businesses which do not want to are not free to abstain.

Re: The High Cost of Free Parking (2005)

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post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Central planning is the government dictating exactly how many parking spots are mandatory for different kinds of uses.

Businesses that want to provide parking are also free to do so.

They still are. You are complaining about deregulation.
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