declan_murphy@hotmail.com wrote:
> Curt Fischer wrote:
> 
>>declan_murphy@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Was driving through Nagoya yesterday and noticed the new Toyota
>>>building opposite JR Nagoya is nearly completed, so there should be a
>>>lot more people driving cars to the Nagoya station area soon. The
>>>city's attempt to ban its own employees from driving didn't work as the
>>>supply of parking spaces quickly grew to overshoot demand - parking is
>>>easier to find than ever.
>>
>>? I'm not getting you.  The supply grew because more parking spaces were
>>constructed or because less people were using the ones that were already
>>there?
> 
> 
> The supply grew because more parking spaces were constructed. As soon
> as the city announced that 2000 of its employee's would not be allowed
> to drive to work anymore, every man and his dog figured he could get
> rich by providing parking services.
> 
> 
>>Was the city's plan to ban its employees from driving designed to
>>decrease the supply of parking?  If so, yes, it was a very poorly
>>designed policy.  Very, very poorly.
> 
> 
> Apparently the plan was to reduce the amount the city spent on parking
> for its employees, reduce the number of cars in the inner city, and
> encourage people to use more public transport. Yes it was poorly
> designed policy.
> 
> The mayor who introduced the policy still drives to work.

Ahh, I see.  If it were me I would just focus on raising the costs of 
parking.  Banning it outright is a bad idea.

-- 
Curt Fischer