Henry Grabar

That was the thinking for most of the 20th century in most US cities. And I get it. It's really intuitive. This idea that if you take away parking and most traffic is people looking for parking, then you are going to create more traffic, make people mad. They're going to leave and go to the suburbs.

But I think what the parking reformers are arguing for is not so much let's get rid of all the parking, but let's manage it. Let's price the busiest parking. Let's get rid of some parking spots where it makes it possible to create a way for people to get around another way in a bus, on a bike, etc.,

But I think what the parking reformers are arguing for is not so much let's get rid of all the parking, but let's manage it. Let's price the busiest parking. Let's get rid of some parking spots where it makes it possible to create a way for people to get around another way in a bus, on a bike, etc.,

But I think what the parking reformers are arguing for is not so much let's get rid of all the parking, but let's manage it. Let's price the busiest parking. Let's get rid of some parking spots where it makes it possible to create a way for people to get around another way in a bus, on a bike, etc.,

And let's, for example, direct people away from the main street right in front of the shops and into the public garage a few blocks away if they're parking for more than three or four hours. Like those are the kinds of policies that can both, I think, reduce demand for parking, but also ultimately for people who are looking for parking, make it easier for them to park.

And let's, for example, direct people away from the main street right in front of the shops and into the public garage a few blocks away if they're parking for more than three or four hours. Like those are the kinds of policies that can both, I think, reduce demand for parking, but also ultimately for people who are looking for parking, make it easier for them to park.

And let's, for example, direct people away from the main street right in front of the shops and into the public garage a few blocks away if they're parking for more than three or four hours. Like those are the kinds of policies that can both, I think, reduce demand for parking, but also ultimately for people who are looking for parking, make it easier for them to park.

There are people, again, I kind of put myself in this category, who just hate to pay for parking. It's kind of like ATM fees or high gas prices. It isn't that it's necessarily a lot of money. It's the principle of the thing.

There are people, again, I kind of put myself in this category, who just hate to pay for parking. It's kind of like ATM fees or high gas prices. It isn't that it's necessarily a lot of money. It's the principle of the thing.

There are people, again, I kind of put myself in this category, who just hate to pay for parking. It's kind of like ATM fees or high gas prices. It isn't that it's necessarily a lot of money. It's the principle of the thing.

Like, I guess that's that kind of entitlement that, you know, it's a public street and you should be able to park on it and, you know, not charge me for it and give me a ticket when my meter runs out and now I've got to pay 50 bucks and whatever. There's something about it that just really rubs me in, and I think a lot of people the wrong way.

Like, I guess that's that kind of entitlement that, you know, it's a public street and you should be able to park on it and, you know, not charge me for it and give me a ticket when my meter runs out and now I've got to pay 50 bucks and whatever. There's something about it that just really rubs me in, and I think a lot of people the wrong way.

Like, I guess that's that kind of entitlement that, you know, it's a public street and you should be able to park on it and, you know, not charge me for it and give me a ticket when my meter runs out and now I've got to pay 50 bucks and whatever. There's something about it that just really rubs me in, and I think a lot of people the wrong way.

Why do you feel that way about parking and not about, say, any other good or service you consume?

Why do you feel that way about parking and not about, say, any other good or service you consume?

Why do you feel that way about parking and not about, say, any other good or service you consume?

I didn't say I have it. I have the same thing about ATM fees and high gas prices. So it isn't just parking. It's there's something about it, though, that, you know, that public street is just as much mine as anybody else's. And but I even don't like parking. valet parking. I mean, I don't, I just think it's such a rip off because I can park my own car. Just give me a spot. I'll be fine.

I didn't say I have it. I have the same thing about ATM fees and high gas prices. So it isn't just parking. It's there's something about it, though, that, you know, that public street is just as much mine as anybody else's. And but I even don't like parking. valet parking. I mean, I don't, I just think it's such a rip off because I can park my own car. Just give me a spot. I'll be fine.

I didn't say I have it. I have the same thing about ATM fees and high gas prices. So it isn't just parking. It's there's something about it, though, that, you know, that public street is just as much mine as anybody else's. And but I even don't like parking. valet parking. I mean, I don't, I just think it's such a rip off because I can park my own car. Just give me a spot. I'll be fine.

I don't need you.