| First Toll Roads, Now Parking [message #793624] |
Sat, 09 February 2008 07:21 |
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| Re: First Toll Roads, Now Parking [message #793772 ] |
Sun, 10 February 2008 15:31 |
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In article <jfhqq31fu9eclg2ojmfabsjhqvd12eupid [at] 4ax.com>,
Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> Congestion pricing coming soon to a parking meter near you:
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> http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/784155,park020808.article
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> Daley looks to oursource parking meters
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> February 8, 2008
> BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter
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> Motorists would pay more to park at Chicago’s 36,161 metered spaces —
> and even higher prices during peak periods in congested areas — in
> exchange for more cashless payment and pay-by-phone options, under a
> privatization plan advanced Friday.
Philadelphia has been doing something like that for at least 30 years,
where parking meters in less congested areas are cheaper then in
congested areas. This seems reasonable to me, and so does having a
parking rate that varies with time of day in areas where heavy
congestion occurs only part of the day. I would hope that in Chicago,
they use some of the increased revenue to improve public transportation
in order to reduce traffic congestion further.
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