Comments on: Manila among cheapest parking rates in Asia http://manila.metblogs.com/2008/07/14/manila-among-cheapest-parking-rates-in-asia/ Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:51:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: urbanodelacruz http://manila.metblogs.com/2008/07/14/manila-among-cheapest-parking-rates-in-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-2022 urbanodelacruz Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:16:22 +0000 http://manila.metblogs.com/2008/07/14/manila-among-cheapest-parking-rates-in-asia/#comment-2022 I say <a href="http://hundredyearshence.blogspot.com/2008/01/dumbestideaever.html" rel="nofollow">RAISE the parking rates</a>. Econ 11, right? Tax what you want to discourage. Here's the counter-intuitive rub, fixing our parking policies (like putting in market driven pricing) could actually <a href="http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/fix-parking-cure-congestion/" rel="nofollow">decongest our traffic</a>. Oh, and the surcharge on parking fees should go directly to improving sidewalks and public transit. UDC I say RAISE the parking rates.

Econ 11, right? Tax what you want to discourage.

Here’s the counter-intuitive rub, fixing our parking policies (like putting in market driven pricing) could actually decongest our traffic.

Oh, and the surcharge on parking fees should go directly to improving sidewalks and public transit.

UDC

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