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Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit by matt4077 on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @04:01AM (#18606705)
public Parking is free almost anywhere but in in city centers, and it occupies one third of a typical, residential street.

It’s the travesty of the commons.

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Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit by dragonwriter on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @04:14AM (#18606769)
> public Parking is free almost anywhere but in in city centers, and it occupies one third of a typical, residential street.

And is still regulated, though enforcement tends often to be complaint based, rather than active patrol. Leave a vehicle a few days with moving it and someone complains and it gets tagged and, if left a little while longer, towed as abandoned.

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