The High Cost of Free Parking

Re:The High Cost of Free Parking by WD40forRust on Monday September 18, 2023 @11:58PM (#37565462)

I think you are right. There are already places like that, which are "Papers Please!" about travel outside assigned zones.

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Re:The High Cost of Free Parking by Loocid on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @12:03AM (#37565480)

Can you give some examples?

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Re:The High Cost of Free Parking by jjoonathan on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @12:10AM (#37565517)

I remember when they were trying to put TSA in train stations. Is that still a thing?

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Re:The High Cost of Free Parking by DANmode on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @07:07AM (#37568241)

They've been in subway stations for years and years.

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Re:The High Cost of Free Parking by supertrope on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @12:48AM (#37565699)

Conspiracy theorists have distorted proposals for congestion zones into much more nefarious things. This not much different than a street not allowing large trucks, or turning over lanes to only HOV, bus or taxi use.

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-15-minute-city-conspir...

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Re:The High Cost of Free Parking by userbinator on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @01:01AM (#37565774)

People thought Stallman was a crazy conspiracy theorist 20 years ago. Now we know he was just unusually prescient (and there's still an ongoing campaign against him.)

They're just boiling the frog slowly enough and hoping we don't notice.

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