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I have noticed a weird left-right political reversal around parking in the US. Or maybe it's not entirely left-right but wonk-populist. The voices that most lo

• jsight 8y ago
  I feel like I have misunderstood your post. I'm assuming by "voices that most loudly condemn socialism and regulation", you mean the GOP? But the article linked doesn't seem to complain about deregulation of private-sector parking, but rather to complain about giving over parking to bike lanes and government run buses. Where is the part where they want government run parking and regulations on private sector parking?
  • frankus 8y ago
    Maybe it really is more about shifting priorities away from cars and towards more green uses like bike lanes and buses. That specific example doesn't touch on parking minimums, and maybe deregulating those are less of a political hot button, but the fact that they remain pretty much ubiquitous in the US suggests that there is still some opposition. But there also seems to be a lack of faith that the private sector will step in a replace the public sector spots that have been converted to other uses, as well as opposition to charging a market-clearing price for the remaining government-run spots.