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> yet no country I've heard of does that You might have heard of France, I guess? The city where I live uses (Suresnes, just next to Paris) uses a private comp
by baud147258 4y ago
> yet no country I've heard of does that
You might have heard of France, I guess? The city where I live uses (Suresnes, just next to Paris) uses a private company to manage parking tickets in street parking; but I've got no idea how the incentives are structured and how well (or not) it works
- orwin 4y agoRight-wing city dweller article on the subject: https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2018/03/08/01016-20180308ARTFIG00270-stationnement-a-paris-ces-agents-non-assermentes-qui-verbalisent-illegalement.php https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2018/03/08/01016-20... Left-wing article on the subject: http://www.regards.fr/actu/societe/article/paris-les-voyous-du-prive-gerent-les-pv http://www.regards.fr/actu/societe/article/paris-les-voyous-... Mostly center-right, rural article on the subject: https://www.ouest-france.fr/economie/impots-fiscalite/pv-stationnement/sationnement-pv-automatises-des-boulettes-et-des-bevues-b5f49aee-2135-11ec-8452-a029323887c0 https://www.ouest-france.fr/economie/impots-fiscalite/pv-sta... TFDR (Too French, didn't read): Basically, across all media, including the "Figaro" (notorious right-wing paper who often push for privatization), this isn't going that well.