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I was expecting pedestrian-utopian drivel here, but the author actually makes a good point. Why should there be zoning laws mandating parking at houses[0], apa
by Zak 16y ago
I was expecting pedestrian-utopian drivel here, but the author actually makes a good point.
Why should there be zoning laws mandating parking at houses[0], apartment buildings or stores? In every case, there are market incentives for the developers and owners of these properties to have parking. Stores with too little parking won't get as much business. Houses and apartments with too little parking are harder to sell and/or rent.
It does seem that there's a subsidy being mandated by local governments and paid by property owners, and I can't think of much justification for that.
[0]In the case of houses, overuse of street parking might be a good argument.
- dennisgorelik 16y agoIf cities force neither "free parking" nor "mandatory paid parking" on businesses then it would probably work just fine. To answer your question, here are possible reasons why city might want to demand free parking from businesses: 1) If there are two neighboring businesses, one with parking and one without, then customers of business without free parking may start parking on free parking of neighboring business. Then business that provides free parking would suffer. 2) With no parking available drivers start parking on the streets, which causes traffic jams.
- Zak 16y agoThese both sound like business opportunities for a towing company.