tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post7728192904383140397..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Parking Lot Congestion Pricing?Pantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-92063677708454705852008-03-12T13:06:00.000-07:002008-03-12T13:06:00.000-07:00There is no tax or fee which hits suburban road us...There is no tax or fee which hits suburban road users which won't be framed as being regressive, no matter if, as grvsmth indicates, the lower 90% don't pay it.<BR/><BR/>People need to be very very aggressive about making the case here. Too many people stay quiet and let the troglodytes like Sal Costello and McBlogger (in Austin) pretend to be fighting for the poor when the primary beneficiaries of business-as-usual aren't the poor, but the middle-and-upper-class suburbanites.M1EKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650370583235985527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-19271129788173971952008-03-12T07:32:00.000-07:002008-03-12T07:32:00.000-07:00I like the general idea. How about multiple entri...I like the general idea. How about multiple entries and exits? So many people make the excuse they "need" their car to run errands during the day or go on sales calls. Most just like the idea of having their car close by "just in case" and never actually use their car at all.<BR/><BR/>I think the car that sits all day from 8:30AM to 4:30PM should pay a premium over one that comes and goes multiple times.<BR/><BR/>Not sure how you make that fair and equitable. Just thinking out loud.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12579098645497453152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-27117487695535563692008-03-12T05:10:00.000-07:002008-03-12T05:10:00.000-07:00I came up with something like this about a year ag...I came up with something like this about a year ago for the Washington, DC METRO, which uses smartcards for many of it's parking lots.<BR/><BR/>The lot near my local station (Takoma Park) is metered, and supposed to be only for non commuter parking. One part is signed for 8:30 to 3:00 and after 7pm, and the other for after 10:00 am. <BR/><BR/>If the meters were replaced with a smartcard activated gate, METRO could charge a large premium for anyone who parks in the lot through the restricted times.<BR/><BR/>This would permit more parking in non peak hours for short term parkers. And if my supposition is correct, they could reduce the number of spaces.kenfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276884726616782475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-50379977724646183932008-03-11T23:49:00.000-07:002008-03-11T23:49:00.000-07:00I think you're right about NYC. However Seattle d...I think you're right about NYC. However Seattle doesn't have the same transit options as New York. They are just building their first light rail line.Pantograph Trolleypolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-67329038346999078472008-03-11T22:36:00.000-07:002008-03-11T22:36:00.000-07:00The parking lots in NYC pretty much already have c...The parking lots in NYC pretty much already have congestion pricing, but most of that is pocketed by the garage owners. But the latest plan from the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission does include something vague about charging market rates for parking.<BR/><BR/>The "regressive tax" accusation lobbed at congestion pricing may hold water in some other city, but it's completely bogus in New York, where the bottom 90% of Manhattan-bound commuters take the train. How much do we care if it hits the 90-95 income percentiles harder than the 95-99 percentiles?<BR/><BR/>You can look at <A HREF="http://www.grieve-smith.com/neighborhood/BrodskyShellGame.html" REL="nofollow">a piece I wrote last year</A> in response to this kind of bogus populism.grvsmthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214321764506704369noreply@blogger.com