Boston’s Parking Districts Would Reinvest Funds in Neighborhood
The City Council is considering implementation of a pilot program that would reinvest metered parking fees back into a neighborhood for transportation-related improvements. The program would be tested in Roslindale Village.
Where curb parking is overcrowded, drivers who are searching for a rare open curb space congest traffic, pollute the air, and produce carbon dioxide. To avoid these problems, some cities have established Parking Benefit Districts that charge market prices for curb parking and spend the revenue to pay for public services on the metered blocks. A case study of Manhattan’s Upper West Side found that charging market prices for the currently unmetered curb spaces would eliminate 22 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per block per year and yield at least $1,025 per household per year to improve public services.
The Benefits of Parking Benefit Districts: Public and Personal
When Evan Kindler agreed to write a report on Parking Benefit Districts for an internship project, he didn’t know that he’d catch the parking reform bug.
Old Pasadena Parking Meter Fund Shows Revenue is Trending Down, But Expenses Remain Within Budget – Pasadena Now
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City now offers bike parking subsidy for northwest Portland building owners
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