I thought this article might interest some in the group. It is not specific to the recent parking issues discussed here. It is a broad "Economic View": "We haven't devoted nearly enough thought to how cars are usually deployed — namely, by sitting in parking spaces. ... Subsidies, use restrictions, and price controls; land use; taking free parking for granted; legally mandated parking; the market price of parking spaces; zoning and development restrictions; careful economic calculation rather than a matter of satisfying a legal requirement; an entitlement; restricting on-street parking to residents or to short-term parkers....
_Economic View - Why Free Parking Comes at a Price - NYTimes.com_ (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/business/economy/15view.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=tyler%2 0cowen&st=cse) _http://nyti.ms/a7WuQj_ (http://nyti.ms/a7WuQj) _http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/business/economy/15view.html?_r=1&scp=1&s q=tyler%20cowen&st=cse_ (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/business/economy/15view.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=tyler%20cowen&st=cse) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/