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@parking -- the issue is who should be "privileged" with cut rate parking, people who own cars or people who use cars collaboratively, via services like Zipcar?

Why should a car owner have more privilege than a car user? In any case, the change in the shared car parking pricing system by DDOT means that car sharing members have to pay a couple dollars more per hour, meanwhile there is no change for car owners.

The other reason to "subsidize" car sharing parking spaces is that it is a form of inventory management, since the avg. shared car supports about 15 households, and that means maybe 10 or more fewer cars being parked on area streets, hence more spaces for the already privileged.

WRT Alex. B's comment, I have made that point in blog entries for 5+ years, although I am not necessarily so hardcore that it has to be market rate. I would be happy if it were significantly higher than the current rate ($35/year), that would still have significant positive impact.

Toronto is about the only city in North America that seems to charge a lot for residential parking permits. The fees are graduated depending on some other factors, but top out at about $42/month. While not market rate, it's still a lot of money comparatively speaking, compared to current rates.

http://dmv.dc.gov/serv/parking/RPP.shtm
http://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.com/2010/01/toronto-rules-or-charging-higher-rates.html

by Richard Layman on Apr 3, 2012 3:56 pm • link • report