Comments on: Parking Meters: The Congestion Pricing Controversy of 1932 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/30/2250/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:07:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: allderdice http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/30/2250/comment-page-1/#comment-34874 allderdice Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:22:52 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/30/2250/#comment-34874 Useful to keep in mind that cyclists and other public space activists today see the rental of space on our streets through parking meters as incredibly cheap real estate: as a result, many of us hold "parking meter parties" very similar to the bridge players of yore. By renting the space and occupying it with living, breathing bodies, people having fun and sharing the public realm, we are criticizing the heart of car culture: that the space for their cars should be available to them at any time, anywhere, for next to nothing. Useful to keep in mind that cyclists and other public space activists today see the rental of space on our streets through parking meters as incredibly cheap real estate: as a result, many of us hold "parking meter parties" very similar to the bridge players of yore. By renting the space and occupying it with living, breathing bodies, people having fun and sharing the public realm, we are criticizing the heart of car culture: that the space for their cars should be available to them at any time, anywhere, for next to nothing.

]]> By: alex http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/30/2250/comment-page-1/#comment-34790 alex Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:20:00 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/30/2250/#comment-34790 Nice post as usual. Where is the picture from? Nice post as usual.

Where is the picture from?

]]> By: Ian D http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/30/2250/comment-page-1/#comment-34753 Ian D Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:24:39 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/30/2250/#comment-34753 Interesting perspective. I think you're accurate in comparing the underlying psychology. Hey, I've been guilty of it, too. Interesting perspective. I think you're accurate in comparing the underlying psychology. Hey, I've been guilty of it, too.

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