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Some Surprising Results of a Market-Pricing Parking Experiment

Parking is one of those things everyone in Berkeley complains about (ironic for a city that is supposedly environmental). Merchants especially have complained about parking "deficits" in downtown and southside areas. And yet whenever city planners measured parking occupancy, they found empty spaces even during peak hours.

What was going on here — was there or was there not a parking crunch? As it turns out, both sides were right. Due to inefficient pricing, the prime on-street spaces were monopolized while garages and other areas went under-utilized. Drivers would typically drive in circles hunting for the cheap on-street parking, avoiding more expensive garages.

Full Story: https://systemicfailure.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/some-surprising-results-of-a-market-pricing-parking-experiment/

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Ada County, Idaho, Highway Commission to Reconsider Boise Parking Sensors

Under the proposed agreement, the county commission will not charge the city to embed the sensors, but does make the city responsible for maintaining them.

by Cynthia Sewell, The Idaho Statesman

Full Story: http://www.govtech.com/dc/articles/Ada-County-Idaho-Highway-Commission-to-Reconsider-Parking-Sensors-.html

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