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144 sats \ 5 replies \ @Murch 7h \ parent \ on: Over-Regulation is Doubling the Cost - Peter Reinhardt Politics_And_Law
I’m wondering how much parking problems in NYC would decrease, if the parking minimums were reduced or removed, and they started charging for street parking everywhere. Having lived in NYC for over four years, having a car there sounds like a nightmare. A bit of financial pressure would get some people to rid themselves of cars they don’t use, generate revenue for the city, and make parking easier for the people that want to keep their cars.
If streets are owned by the city, on-street parking is a subsidy by the city to car users. Speaking as someone who grew up in US cities, we've very much been trained to be blind to this subsidy. So, really, it's not financial pressure, so much as removing a subsidy.
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This extends well beyond cities. The whole transport system would look very different without the enormous subsidies to roads.
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One of my favorite Futurama jokes was Fry explaining that nobody drove in NYC because there was too much traffic.