Parking Benefit Districts

Where curb parking is overcrowded, drivers who are searching for a rare open space congest traffic, pollute the air, and produce carbon dioxide. To avoid these problems, some cities have established Parking Benefit Districts that charge market prices spend revenue to pay public services on metered blocks. A case study of Manhattan’s Upper West Side found charging currently unmetered spaces would eliminate 22 tons dioxide emissions per block year yield at least $1,025 household improve services.