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>Reduce parking/make drivers pay for parking. They did that. 2€ per hour. One of the reasons I don't have a car. But I would rather walk two hours to the offic
by dorgo 7y ago
>Reduce parking/make drivers pay for parking.
They did that. 2€ per hour. One of the reasons I don't have a car. But I would rather walk two hours to the office and two hours back before I go by tram / public transport. There are many reasons/problems but one is: it is overcrowded and I don't like people. I go by bike or ebike instead.
- CydeWeys 7y ago2€ per hour isn't remotely high enough, and doesn't come close to covering the actual costs of all that real estate that a parking spot uses up. Rates as high as 20€ per hour are likely necessary for the most popular neighborhoods. The cost of parking needs to be high enough such that you can remove a lot of spots and convert them to other uses (i.e. protected bike lanes, commercial loading zones), and still keep multiple free spots per block so that people willing to pay the high prices don't need to drive around to find spots.
- dorgo 7y agoIf I could pay 20€ per hour maybe I would advocate for the same thing. Let's build more (underground) parking decks which could be afforded by more than the richest 1%?
- mikepurvis 7y agoI think the point is that perhaps only the richest 1% actually need to own their own private automobiles. With good enough alternatives, it is possible to push car ownership up out of the middle class, and that's ultimately what's needed. Otherwise, the whole thing is just half measures that make it harder for poor people to get around.