>> All you have to do is shift city taxation towards taxing parking more And that's exactly what's wrong with this idea: in a democratic society such taxation

>> All you have to do is shift city taxation towards taxing parking more And that's exactly what's wrong with this idea: in a democratic society such taxation changes would be temoporary at best - people would just vote for politicians that would change it back during the next elections. On the other hand, gradualy increasing quality of public transportation by investing more money in it would be something that noone would protest against, and once public transportation is equaly or more convenient than car travel people would switch on their own.