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> Some jurisdictions, as it is, do not spend nearly enough money on street maintenance and upkeep There's an interesting tension there. I imagine that paving a
by mumblemumble 7y ago
> Some jurisdictions, as it is, do not spend nearly enough money on street maintenance and upkeep
There's an interesting tension there. I imagine that paving and maintaining streets wide enough to allow for free street parking is a massive drain on the city's street budgets. And, considering that, in my city, an annual on-street parking permit costs about the same as 1 week of off-street parking on the private market, it's probably being provided at a massive discount just on the basis of land value alone.
Combine the two, and it would seem that you've got what amounts to an absolutely massive taxpayer-supported hand-out. Which I could swear is exactly the kind of thing that Americans are supposed to hate the most.
- bobthepanda 7y agoPaving them costs money, and maintenance does, but that implies that proper maintenance is being done. Most cities are far behind on maintenance on many of their roads. Modifying the free parking might also result in people asking to fix the other things wrong with the road, and before you know it you're Seattle spending $12M per mile to reconstruct the road from curb to curb. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/12-million-a-mile-heres-how-bike-lane-costs-shot-sky-high-in-seattle/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/12-...