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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.
If you go to the online edition of
July 2011 Parking Today, you will find all the “hot links” below. And even more current comments by PT Editor JVH.
An Alternative to a PPD – Preferential Parking District (Posted June 1) We snagged this over on PT’s Face-
book page from a blog called “Straight Outta Suburbia.” It’s a strange mix of Spanish and English, but I like this guy; he goes by the sobriquet Chewie. He is a Shoupista, and here is his plan: “Instead of a PPD (Preferential
Parking District), set up a parking market. This should include areas for both short-term and long-term on- street parking. “The short-term parking can be
handled by putting up meters. Yes, I’m advocating putting up parkingmeters in front of people’s houses and apartments in these situations. If you want to get really fancy, embed sensors in the ground under each parking space, then use the data on which spaces are occu- pied to set demand-sensitive prices that keep some spaces open at all times (hat tip to Shoup Dogg). “For long-term parking, the solu-
tion is designating certain areas with signs on every block and selling permits, but not the same way a PPD sells them. These permits would be for sale to any- one, and their price would be based on demand so that they don’t sell out instantly. They also would have to be renewed periodically. “This system ensures that every-
body who is willing to pay the market price for parking will have access to both short- and long-term parking. The prices are a disincentive to leave cars on the street (and hence to own an exces- sive number of cars), and this benefits alternatives to the car, which, with any luck, will someday make this discussion less relevant.” “Chewie” is right, of course. Park-
ing isn’t free, even in residential areas. He is a reasonable enviro. Not a lot of
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Can a Proper Parking Program ‘Revitalize’ Downtown? No! (Posted June 1) I spoke to a municipal parking manag-
er the other day, and he told me that in his community, there wasn’t enough parking
downtown and the core was dying. They claimed they needed a new parking struc- ture. He did a study and found a lot of unused spaces, so he set up a permit pro- gram, sold permits to the merchants, moved them to streets away from the downtown core, and voila the downtown started to grow. Revitalization, thanks to parking? I am the last one to take credit away
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