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Parking Plan Would Change Prices on Upper West Side

Submitted by Bob Lothrope, Mar 3, 2008 16:40

The whole point of congestion pricing is to get people to change their behavior. But they can't do it if they don't know the price ahead of time. So a muni meter that continually adjusts its price based on how many spaces are available is useless.


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The whole point of congestion pricing is to get people to change their behavior. But they can't do it if...

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Mar 3, 2008 16:40

If nothing else, this would discourage local people "homesteading" in one spot all day. If the excuse for having cars... [MORE]

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