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[quote user="Phoebe Vet"]Al:You and I don't disagree often, but you struck a nerve this time.The cost of parking in center city is one of the major draws that the Lynx light rail has.When people are interviewed by the press at the light rail station they quote the cost of gasoline and the cost of parking vs the cost of the light rail.  They seldom mention the inconvenience of fighting rush hour traffic.I believe charging for parking at the park and ride lots would be counterproductive unless the goal is to get fewer people to use mass transit.We, too, are finding that the planners underestimated the parking need.The following is not a plan or advocacy, just a thought:A large part of the cost of transportation systems is the cost of selling, the fare evidence, verifying and enforcing the payment of the fare, collecting, protecting, and accounting for the collected fares, etc.  I often wonder what the difference in cost per rider would be if a tax on city parking spaces was implimented and used to fund a totally free extensive mass transit system.[/quote]
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