Jaywalking decriminalization, 100 years after the auto industry made it a crime

Re:Jaywalking decriminalization, 100 years after the auto in... by AmpsterMan on Monday December 21, 2020 @10:23PM (#25502506)

I'd prefer for there to be a more market incentive to build parking garages than a mandate for commercial/offices to have to all have their own parking, or effectively subsidized free street side parking. Think of all the surface area used up by cars parking on the street; pave that over with a sidewalk and allow bars/restaurants to set up shop there. That's what I would like.

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Re:Jaywalking decriminalization, 100 years after the auto in... by owowow on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @01:04AM (#25503423)

Building a parking spot in a modern building can cost $20k, which is hard to recoup with parking revenue.

If the break even target is 10 years with no interest accrued, we are talking about $5.47 a day in revenue needs to be generated (plus the overhead of managing the lot itself).

How many paid parking lots do you see that are full on a regular basis? Are they really generating revenue even half time?

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Re:Jaywalking decriminalization, 100 years after the auto in... by adrianN on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @01:42AM (#25503639)

So you're arguing parking is way too cheap and we should make it more expensive. I think that's generally a consensus opinion among city planners.

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