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This is literally just a regressive tax. Especially (but not solely) in areas with lack of quality public transportation (ie, doesn't double the time it takes

• bryanlarsen 2y ago
  Free parking is also regressive, the poor pay a much higher portion of their income for "free" parking than the rich do. More generally, parking is a service. All market goods & services are highly regressive, because the rich and poor pay basically the same price. Addressing inequality at the individual goods level always creates more problems than it solves. Addressing it for parking is particularly unfair, because the very poorest don't have cars. The poor would be far better off with more welfare and a less regressive tax system so they have more money to choose what they need. Paying for "free" parking via property taxes and baked into the costs of local stores is inefficient and regressive.