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JVH comments on Parking News every day at PT Blog – log on at
www.parkingtoday.com. Each month, there are at least 40 other comments like these, posted daily.
Gas prices: California vs. Colorado and Georgia (posted Sept. 4) I have spent the past few days in Denver and before that in
Atlanta. Great cities. The thing that impressed me most was the price of gas. It averaged 50 cents a gallon less than in LosAnge- les. That’s $7 on a typical fill-up. I started to feel sorry for those poor souls who have to live in those two hell
holes.After all, they had no police or fire protection, their schools were closed, their streets unpaved; they had no water or electricity, their skies were filled with smog. No, wait! Both Georgia and Colorado seem perfectly fine to
me.They have great schools, good roads, excellent police and fire departments; the water and electricity seemto run well. But what aboutmy home state of California? We have the highest (OK,maybe the second-highest) tax rate
in the country, the ninth-largest economy on the planet, and gas taxes are over the moon. One would assume that all would be right with the world. Well, with all that money, we can’t seem to repair the roads,
build infrastructure, keep the schools up to date, and the like.Our wonderful Governator and the state Legislature can’t agree on a
budget, and are considering God knows what all to help the gov- ernment survive fiscally. Higher income doesn’t mean that a government will do well.
It also has to do with themoney that is flowing out. Gas prices are too high in California.Where is the Laffer
Curve when you need it?
The Costco effect (posted July 6) I have just read a super summary of why parking require-
ments set by government are destroying the urban landscape. The report for Canada’s Frontier Centre for Public Policy is basically Shoup 101 as seen through the eyes of a consulting firm, with the author living in New Zealand. Here’s a shorter version of the report written as a Toronto Sun commentary: Cities forcing developers to provide parking seems innocu-
ous. It’s not. The rules stimulate urban sprawl, encourage exces- sive use of cars, create inequitable social outcomes, reduce hous- ing affordability, and suppress economic development. Wiping parking regulations from municipal planning codes
across Canada is arguably the most urgent policy reform munic- ipalities canmake. In themiddle of the last century, transport engineers thought
providing parking would ensure drivers looking for spaces did not create undue congestion and delay other road users. Parking regulations are politically palatable because they
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