tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post1797435554455475791..comments2024-03-27T09:13:58.922-07:00Comments on The Amateur Planner: Free Parking? Good in Monopoly. Bad on Memorial DriveArihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058285362842737187noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-17770481876972671032019-08-22T18:33:30.588-07:002019-08-22T18:33:30.588-07:00Suburbanite here. Can confirm.Suburbanite here. Can confirm.Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-63722216409512958962018-01-03T11:48:31.035-08:002018-01-03T11:48:31.035-08:00As a transit user I pay for not only free parking ...As a transit user I pay for not only free parking along Memorial but the roads I don't drive on (but you do).<br /><br />See the problem there?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06938814359446769523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-69192244390767787442017-03-01T07:53:09.675-08:002017-03-01T07:53:09.675-08:00Oh I almost forgot! If you register your car in Ma...Oh I almost forgot! If you register your car in Massachusetts (which you are legally required to do) you also pay excise tax to the City and registration fees to the state. So this might result in even more revenue!Arihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058285362842737187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-1916952364649060192016-11-23T04:57:57.174-08:002016-11-23T04:57:57.174-08:00Comment sections are wonderful. And terrible.Comment sections are wonderful. And terrible.Arihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058285362842737187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-90839301705760149302016-11-21T08:49:41.691-08:002016-11-21T08:49:41.691-08:00Holy shit, 1st Anonymous can't even keep their...Holy shit, 1st Anonymous can't even keep their own analogy together through two comments. No one wants there to be free parking there except suburbanites who don't contribute to the tax base. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-54946625119249521032016-11-15T13:00:20.554-08:002016-11-15T13:00:20.554-08:00If you get free parking, I want a free T pass.
Se...If you get free parking, I want a free T pass.<br /><br />See the problem there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-68557062444706425332016-11-11T15:51:19.025-08:002016-11-11T15:51:19.025-08:00Uh, it's called a market-based price. Guess ag...Uh, it's called a market-based price. Guess again.Arihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058285362842737187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-30895530407048225432016-11-11T15:50:28.015-08:002016-11-11T15:50:28.015-08:00I got my logical fallacies confused; it's more...I got my logical fallacies confused; it's more of a red herring.Arihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058285362842737187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-42770603092281345532016-11-04T13:07:02.161-07:002016-11-04T13:07:02.161-07:00Heaven forbid that any member of the public can pa...Heaven forbid that any member of the public can park somewhere without being taxed.<br /><br />Leave a few of the oasis free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-75164999672105799172016-10-29T06:59:15.915-07:002016-10-29T06:59:15.915-07:00It's an issue for East Cambridge as well as Ca...It's an issue for East Cambridge as well as Cambridgeport.<br /><br />The City cannot declare on-campus students ineligible; some years ago this was tried and adjudicated (I think it was a Harvard student?) and the City lost (of course the Legislature could change that, but...).<br />It's not the case that cars and blocks are evenly distributed, nor is distance from 77 Mass Ave the right indicator (dorms abutting Mem Drive have more students who park on Mem Drive).<br /><br />Anyhow, it's not a strawman, but I don't claim it's a practical or serious problem.John Hawkinsonhttp://mit.edu/jhawknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-79486252229105436882016-10-29T06:48:32.826-07:002016-10-29T06:48:32.826-07:00Holy straw man, batman.
To get a Cambridge permit...Holy straw man, batman.<br /><br />To get a Cambridge permit, you have to register and garage you car in Cambridge, which isn't that heavy lift, but a pretty significant barrier to entry for students. Even if they do, there are only about 200 spaces in question. The nearest permit parking to 77 Mass Ave is about half a mile away, anyway (not particularly convenient) and if we assume that half of the parkers on Mem Drive would get a permit, it only equates to about one additional car per block in Cambridgeport. That's about a 1% increase. Given that the overall number of permits in Cambridge is decreasing, this is manageable. (The city could even declare on-campus students ineligible for parking permits if it so wanted.)<br /><br />The answer is no, this would not cause a serious problem. And the state should not keep free parking on Memorial Drive so that the city issues fewer permits.Arihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058285362842737187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-69563501529951261312016-10-28T23:52:23.377-07:002016-10-28T23:52:23.377-07:00One consequence is it will lead to more MIT studen...One consequence is it will lead to more MIT students getting Cambridge resident parking permits. I don't have a practical assessment of how many that would be or whether that is a serious problem.John Hawkinsonhttp://mit.edu/jhawknoreply@blogger.com