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Isn't that the case already pretty much everywhere land is scarce? When I lived in Seattle, parking was an extra $300 a month on top of rent but I didn't have
by mrep 5y ago
Isn't that the case already pretty much everywhere land is scarce? When I lived in Seattle, parking was an extra $300 a month on top of rent but I didn't have to pay that when I didn't have a car.
- davidw 5y agoThe norm in post-WWII North America is to mandate specific quantities of parking per land use type. Some places get really detailed about this. Here's a map of places that have eliminated parking mandates in some way: https://parkingreform.org/resources/mandates-map/ https://parkingreform.org/resources/mandates-map/
- mrep 5y agoYes I know. I'm responding to the "not forcing them to pay for automobile storage they're not using". This website says it costs 25-50k to build an underground parking spot [0] which when they can charge $3,600 per year it is totally profitable to build them without any subsidy by the renters not driving. [0]: https://www.dbsg.com/blog/surface-parking-vs-underground-parking/#:~:text=The%20average%20cost%20per%20parking,tied%20into%20the%20structural%20system https://www.dbsg.com/blog/surface-parking-vs-underground-par....
- ghaff 5y agoNot everywhere. Resident parking permits are often cheap. You just need to be eligible. In Cambridge it's $25/year and that's a city with absolutely no surplus of parking spaces.
- mrep 5y agoI should clarify: everywhere land is scarce and the government isn't moronically not charging what they should for street parking. I have an even worse example than yours: my brother and his gf live in lower manhattan and are somehow able to find and park their car completely free on the street somewhat close to them. My jaw dropped when I heard that as I think it is beyond ridiculous.