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Originally Posted by Hecate
I know I’m in the minority here but I think free parking should be maintained at the forks. The majority of people that go there are spending money on something. So to me the idea of trying to push people to use transit to access the forks and it’s amenities is short sighted and foolish. What family of four is gonna take the bus there to go skating for the afternoon?
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Eliminating free parking will bring more people to The Forks to spend money and reduce traffic. It benefits The Forks by not having to pay the costs of subsidizing free parking (which they pass onto Forks visitors some other way), and it benefits drivers arriving by car by freeing up parking spaces.
Here's a good interview with Donald Shoup, which outlines some of the issues with free or underpriced parking.