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In practice people do this all the time already because there's no perfect enforcement. Plenty of people will risk parking in "no parking" / "permit only" spac
by jabbany 5y ago
In practice people do this all the time already because there's no perfect enforcement.
Plenty of people will risk parking in "no parking" / "permit only" spaces if they expect to only be away for a short duration (<30 mins).
- newaccount74 5y agoThat's true. But I was also thinking that long term parking should be expensive -- when long term parking is cheap, you won't find a space. The worst places in the city to park are streets where residents are allowed to park free / cheap. There's almost never a free spot! I lived in a street like that, and it was really annoying. Visitors / people running errands wouldn't find a spot, and residents wouldn't find a spot either. Once I found a good spot I tried to avoid using my car because I wouldn't find such a good parking spot when I returned -- oh the absurdity.
- jabbany 5y agoHmm, many parking starved cities I've lived in tend to have permit systems in the especially bad areas that (1) only allow residents to acquire permits and (2) have ramping cost structures (like $0-$10/mo for the first permit per household, ramping to something really high like $100/mo for like the third). It's also pretty common for apartment complexes to have a "loading only" spot in front of a building for deliveries and moving etc. Also most cities tend to have restrictions for free street parking like "no more than 72hrs in a spot". Although I suspect this is to discourage RVs...