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[–] hayvan@piefed.world 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

That sounds like a great improvement.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I’m not so sure. If it’s done to encourage public transportation and biking, and the money generated by parking funds increased non-car infrastructure like bike lanes etc, then sure.

But just slapping parking meters on formerly free parking and the money simply going into the city’s general fund (which is what I’m sure is happening here) I wouldn’t call it an improvement.

[–] hayvan@piefed.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Agreed, without proper investment, just making parking more expensive doesn't improve anything much.