“The real barrier to charging for curb parking is political, not technological. I argue that cities can overcome this political barrier by returning all meter revenue to the neighborhoods that generate it. Where nonresidents pay for most curb parking, using the revenue to pay for neighborhood public services can persuade residents to support charging market prices for their curb parking spaces.” Donald Shoup

Due to the fact that it seems that cities are very dependent on the parking meter and tickets revenue, the shift won’t come voluntarily from them. How dependant they are on this revenue? Here is some data:

Let’s try to understand why does the city earns so much on parking and why the prices have no relation with the real use or cost of having parking accessible for everyone:

“If cities charge market prices for curb parking, spillover will no longer be a problem, so they can remove their off-street parking requirements. These three reforms — charge fair-market prices for curb parking, return the resulting revenue to the neighborhoods that generate it, and remove the zoning requirements for off-street parking — can align our individual incentives with our collective interests and produce enormous benefits at almost no cost. All these benefits will result from subsidizing people and places, not parking and cars.”

So, how do we charge a fair-market price for parking? Well, in the first place we need to get ALL parking in the “market pool”, so we make a better use of the assets and we get a real understanding of what is the existing supply. This means everyone’s parking space or garage on the same platform. Here is where we come up and provide the marketplace for drivers and homeowners to connect. See www.fleckparking.com

Once you have your driveway or garage in the system, then the revenue that was going to the city, will go to your bank account. If we are ALL in the market, because there is 5x times the amount of supply then the price needs to necessary fall and become an accessible service for everyone. The money you make will help you pay the mortgage of your house, which has the price of the driveway and garage INCLUDED in it.