Comments on: There’s no free parking. http://kfarr.com/2007/10/20/theres-no-free-parking/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:14:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Thank a DPT traffic control officer today. « kfarr http://kfarr.com/2007/10/20/theres-no-free-parking/#comment-1749 Fri, 09 May 2008 22:09:15 +0000 http://kfarr.wordpress.com/2007/10/20/theres-no-free-parking/#comment-1749 [...] just going in for a coffee… I know there was street cleaning, but…” We receive significantly below market cost parking on our City streets. The least people can do is follow simple rules to share our [...]

]]> By: Hey, SFMTA, increase residential parking fees and vehicle congestion fees. « kfarr http://kfarr.com/2007/10/20/theres-no-free-parking/#comment-1585 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:32:23 +0000 http://kfarr.wordpress.com/2007/10/20/theres-no-free-parking/#comment-1585 [...] residential permits are priced at $60/year = $5/month. Residential City parking permits are SEVERELY undervalued and could easily be doubled without approaching the true market cost of parking. Yearly residential [...]

]]> By: kfarr http://kfarr.com/2007/10/20/theres-no-free-parking/#comment-62 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:11:26 +0000 http://kfarr.wordpress.com/2007/10/20/theres-no-free-parking/#comment-62 True, it costs less to create that square foot of building space vs. laying asphalt.

But, that parking space is only occupied at street level. I agree that a construction cost would have to be subtracted, but an opportunity cost from lost multistory use would have to be added. They might (or might not) cancel each other out.

]]> By: crasshopper http://kfarr.com/2007/10/20/theres-no-free-parking/#comment-59 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:19:56 +0000 http://kfarr.wordpress.com/2007/10/20/theres-no-free-parking/#comment-59 It costs way less per square foot to build a road than a building, so you need to subtract off the cost of construction. (Maybe you can find an estimate online.)

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