02-10-2015, 02:47 PM
(02-10-2015, 12:02 PM)plam Wrote: That sounds inclusive but I'm not sure the empirical evidence is conclusive. My belief is essentially that parking needs to cost money. One of the reasons for that is that taking transit isn't free.
At first I wrote "more difficult to park" but actually I think "more expensive to park" is the right thing. Also, as you say, antagonizing people isn't the right thing, but setting prices probably is. It's neutral and non-antagonistic. Why should parking be free?
I agree about charging for parking, but having lived in places where parking is outrageously expensive, it has never stopped me from driving. Most people who drive don't do so as a luxury, but as a necessity for work, so they will raise up and meet any price point (within reason) you put in front of them.
Give them reasonable public transit and they will leave the car home, particularly that famous second car that so many households in NorthAmerica seem to have. With proper transit infrastructure we could get rid of those which is about half the total fleet.