> but at least there's a trend in Germany towoards much more expensive permits. And oh boy do people kick and scream and call you every name in the book once y

> but at least there's a trend in Germany towoards much more expensive permits. And oh boy do people kick and scream and call you every name in the book once you propose that they'll actually have pay for at least part of their externalized costs. During the pandemic, restaurants in Berlin were allowed to construct little outside seating areas on the side of the road, replacing parking spaces there. In some streets, this luckily has persisted, and it's eye-opening seeing what you can do with the space that parking takes up, which often times is free. (For example: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6ZtaubWEAMShFW?format=jpg&name=small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6ZtaubWEAMShFW?format=jpg&name=...)