Free market enthusiasts like to move the goalpost wherever they see fit. A true free market solution would be that private operators would build and maintain th

Free market enthusiasts like to move the goalpost wherever they see fit. A true free market solution would be that private operators would build and maintain the infrastructure and then lease the usage. I.e. the roads, parking and other ride share accommodations would be owned by a third party company which the ride share company would pay to be allowed to use. This is obviously a terrible idea, and everybody can see why there is no city that operates roads this way. But it demonstrates that there exists problems which the free market is ill equipped to solve. Road congestion is one of them. A better solution has been mentioned elsewhere in the thread: Congestion taxes + public transportation.