Not sure how it is elsewhere, but at least in Seattle we always have pay stations set up anywhere you have to pay to park. The pay by phone app is merely a convenience, and isn’t required at all.
Everyone needs a place to live. Somewhere in the zone of 30% of people in the US over the age of 16 don't have a driver's license. The percentage that use that license regularly is going to be much much lower.
I'm not saying everyone needs to drive. I'm pointing out that you're saying that NO ONE _needs_ to drive. There's clearly many people who don't get to WFH or simply live in the majority of the US where public transportation is crap
> Walkable / public transit-accessible housing is far more expensive than urban sprawl housing.
Not where I live? If you search Zillow for apartments below $1000/month and center the map on Philadelphia, you'll see some in the suburbs, but overwhelmingly they're in the city.
Depends. Like sq ft to sq ft yeah, because places outside the city are bigger, but a 2 bedroom apartment in the city, once you subtract car costs, is likely cheaper than a 2 bedroom apartment in the 'burbs.
They don’t have the boxes around here. You can pay with quarters, but it’s over a roll of quarters for one day’s parking, and I’ve never seen a meter maid empty a meter. So, where would it store the quarters if people actually paid with them?
I’ve seen private car parks which charge extra for using the machine instead of the app. Clearly trying to phase out the machine. The new government owned machines in my city also switched to being card only.
