tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508297173552567556.post359415295988485490..comments2022-11-06T03:24:14.807-06:00Comments on Front Porch Coffee Talk: Yes, you can ride the bus, even if you live way outside the city.E Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12304285973189454230noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508297173552567556.post-84327123378675105172012-01-26T21:43:41.490-06:002012-01-26T21:43:41.490-06:00Free parking, even exclusively for UW employees, w...Free parking, even exclusively for UW employees, would be absolutely insane. It would be an arms race to see who is willing to show up on campus early enough to snag the finite amount of spaces. Then she would be in your office complaining that there aren't enough spaces, and you would have to break the hard truth about scarcity to her. <br /><br />This is why dropping economics requirements in high school curriculum is a bad idea.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268613201640123946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508297173552567556.post-53641745372125049272012-01-24T14:24:16.221-06:002012-01-24T14:24:16.221-06:00Yes, I am well aware that there is no such things ...Yes, I am well aware that there is no such things as "free" parking, but that is another blog post. <br /><br />However, from the perspective of the woman to whom I was speaking, the driver in question - who does not live in Madison, so does not pay Madison property taxes to maintain Madison streets - would incur no direct cost to leave her car parked on the street for the length of her work day.E Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304285973189454230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508297173552567556.post-28775914135968673472012-01-24T13:23:31.355-06:002012-01-24T13:23:31.355-06:00"Free" parking isn't free:
http://w..."Free" parking isn't free:<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/business/economy/15view.htmlSkiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152773998591751737noreply@blogger.com