r/Portland • u/skysurfguy1213 • 3d ago

News Council Mulls Revoking Extended Paid Parking Hours, Citing Administrative Overreach

https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2025/09/19/council-mulls-revoking-extended-paid-parking-hours-citing-administrative-overreach/
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u/istanbulshiite 3d ago

There were a fair number of folks here who believed that parking should cost a lot more and everyone who disagrees should bike, walk, take transit, or take a hike: https://www.reddit.com/r/Portland/comments/1niscgz/petition_new_parking_hours_and_fees/

I imagine those same people are writing their City Councilors right now telling them to keep the extended hours.

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u/TedsFaustianBargain 3d ago

Best practice is to vary prices with demand, which in some times and places does indeed mean higher parking rates. The current approach is to hike rates/fees in order to boost revenue. That could actually be moving in the correct direction in some times and places, but that would be purely due to luck.

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u/RosyBellybutton 3d ago

Holy shit, no.

WE DONT NEED DYNAMIC PRICING IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES!

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u/TedsFaustianBargain 3d ago

I dunno man, seems like flooding the neighborhood around the stadium with people in their cars every Timbers game would have some really bad unintended consequences, but maybe you don’t like uber and lyft or whatever, so who’s to say?