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Article: CITY RESIDENTS, WORKERS DON'T NEED CARS
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 25, 2001
CopyrightCopyright 2001 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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As a longtime resident of Boston, I have read with some amusement
the recent spate of letters complaining about the lack of parking
spaces and the enforcement of parking laws in "selected"
neighborhoods in Boston. When people living in the city cannot find a
legal parking spot, they apparently assume that the problem is that
there is not enough parking available. When they get a ticket, they
assume that they are being persecuted.
The alternative conclusions are that there are too many cars, and
parking enforcement is a fact of life.
The solution to this problem is not to build more parking garages
and to stop enforcing the traffic laws, but rather for people who
live and work in the city to ...