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Re:Audi announces end of combustion A4, A6 and A8 models by adonovan on Friday January 22, 2021 @02:18PM (#25875117)
> On my current street there's ~100 cars parked on it, and at least 10 of them haven't moved in the last week (my own included). If we replaced (even) half of those cars with for-hire cars, it would be a perfectly usable system for me.

Yes, this. If cities are going to donate half of our road space to car storage, it should be to cars usable by everyone, not private ones.

End free parking and build more car share schemes.

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Re:Audi announces end of combustion A4, A6 and A8 models by o-__-o on Friday January 22, 2021 @02:51PM (#25875516)
>end free parking

Well you could make parking metered. And residents could pay an additional tax to receive a permit to park without restriction. Then you are no longer donating half of your road space and I won’t be forced to share my car

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Re:Audi announces end of combustion A4, A6 and A8 models by maccard on Saturday January 23, 2021 @07:32AM (#25881766)
This is already the case in most cities in the UK, and where I (GP) live. A residents permit is £1-300/year, and hourly parking is ~3-4GBP/hour 9-6Mon to Sat. The parking spots are still full all day, every day.

> I won't be forced to share my car This is a selfish way of looking at it, and exactly why these schemes aren't growing. I'm more than happy to share my vehicle with others, but the companies managing these schemes need to actually make sure they keep up with the demand.

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Re:Audi announces end of combustion A4, A6 and A8 models by maccard on Saturday January 23, 2021 @07:30AM (#25881758)
> End free parking and build more car share schemes.

This isn't free parking, it's heavily subsidised (residents permits for my area are £100-£300 p/a depending on car emissions). If you go maybe half a mile farther out of the city it is free, but there's even less of these car share scheme spaces available.

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