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by PennRobotics 960 days ago
That's a $225,000 dumpster as of 2007: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/us/12parking.html
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How does the price of private parking garages interact with curb-side parking and curb-side amenities?

Frankly I think the fact that a private parking garage space costs $225,000 should make us question further why we are content giving up such valuable public street space so that one person can park their vehicle.

If it costs $225,000 to park your vehicle for a year in a parking garage, imagine how insanely valuable the ground-level spaces are that we casually give up to a handful of vehicles so they can run in to Starbucks on Broadway. And presumably you're nodding along saying yes, that's the best use of that space.

Yeah a parking-spot sized space is valuable. And yet the city is pretty much giving them away to drivers.