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4. Parking meters aren't just a revenue

Reply to celtics23 (Original post)

Tue May 21, 2013, 05:55 PM

May 2013

stream for the city. The point of parking meters is to encourage people to move their cars within a reasonable amount of time, so that new people can park there and patronize the stores nearby. Parking meters are to help the local stores and businesses by churning the prospective customers who drive to get there.

By feeding the meters, it doesn't hurt the city's revenue stream, but it does hurt the businesses because new potential customers are discouraged from visiting the stores if they can't park within a reasonable short walking distance from the shop.

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Parking Meter 'Robin Hood' Group Saves People from Tickets, Gets Sued [View all] celtics23 May 2013 OP

They are getting sued for harassing the People who service the machines CBGLuthier May 2013 #1

The problem here is the goateed dbag clear has zero respect for public workers ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2013 #2

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Parking meters aren't just a revenue adieu May 2013 #4

I would think that no meters, period, would enhance buisiness more so. xtraxritical May 2013 #5