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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That’s a big change to go from free all day to charging the same as any other day of the week. There’s no option in between, like reduced rates or a flat fee or only during peak hours?[/quote]

+1. They could have raised revenue by charging but doing a flat fee like $1.50 or $2 for the day, offering the first hour free, etc.

There are a lot of places where free parking on Saturdays is a primary driver for people choosing to go to denser downtown areas rather than just drive to a bunch of strip malls. Downtown Silver Spring is a big one -- lots of people will concentrate their Saturday activity there because there are plenty of garages and they are free on Saturday and it's great for the businesses there (may actually be keeping the movie theater afloat, especially good for restaurants) and contributes to a more lively feel in the downtown area.

The argument that people should have to pay to drive only holds water if you use the revenues to pay for more public transportation from neighborhoods into commercial areas, but there is no such proposal. Many residents of MoCo have limited public transportation from their homes to downtown areas, and actually lots of people use these lots on weekends in order to access public transportation to the greater region.[/quote]

One of the issues with downtown Silver Spring is too many cars on the road, not not enough cars on the road.[/quote]

I mean, that's true, but DTSS has too many cars on the road because NIMBY idealists pinky promised that all of the people moving into the new apartments would not own cars.

Leaving aside, of course, that we all knew that was a lie and that the people who would inhabit "missing middle" and low-income housing are EXACTLY the people who rely on cars to participate in the gig economy that allows the rest of us to avoid driving. [/quote]

No, that's not why.[/quote]

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