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"city's transport leader, insists there are always parking spaces available"
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Posted 13 years ago #
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Yes but if you have to drive too/from your parking space then y ou need another car and another parking space. I think that's why so many people seem to "need" more than 2 cars.
Posted 13 years ago # -
It makes good sense to use differential pricing for parking bays - as market pressures clearly apply to their availability, the market should price them too.
One thing that doesn't make much sense however is forcing people to move on after a given time. The market again will find a solution based on differential pricing. You can see this with 'first 30 minutes free' bays - there's no reason why George St couldn't be £2.60/h for the first 3 hours, rising to £20.00/h thereafter (or whatever figure is found to have the desired effect).
The only problem is that parking fines would need to rise to take account of the savings available on higher charges. I suppose it could be £60 or 5x the unpaid fee, whichever is greater?
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