Re:Free parking isn’t free: Parking mandates hurt America’s ...
by seanmcdirmid on Saturday September 19, 2015 @10:23AM
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Take the taxi model, eliminate the driver, and there it is. There are plenty of cities in the world where taxis are more ubiquitous and owning personal cars are very expensive (parking being a big expense, but also winning the license plate lottery). American centrism doesn't really explain it.
So you normally don't take a taxi out of the city, and it is such a niche activity that I'd assume that it would be a different kind of speciality business with much higher costs that allow it to solve these problems. E.g. Private parking lots like those today.
In any case, if I go on the Great American Road Trip, I am going to have a single vehicle the whole time, yes? (Assume I rented it for a month, and that it's fully autonomous in a city.)
I don't want to load and unload all of the luggage, including the tent and stove, when I visit a city. So where do I park it?
If I rented it in Florida, and park it in L.A., does the car owning company in Florida own parking spots in L.A.? Or does it have a parking agreement with the parking facility in L.A.? Or do I contract directly with a third party parking company?
My guess is there will still be third party parking services. With the option of renting a space that's cheap but 15 miles away (adding $5 in fuel and a 25 minute latency) or a local place that's more expensive, but where I can easily fetch the suitcase I forgot in the car.