tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808249352562184291.post7099530317211796668..comments2023-06-10T06:52:40.509-07:00Comments on THG In The Know: Favouring Private Transportation: Turning Cities into One Giant Parking Lot.Claire Kelly (Marketing and Design)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18042776295469397633noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808249352562184291.post-42523166053799982072010-06-10T14:56:42.776-07:002010-06-10T14:56:42.776-07:00Kirsten you make a good point. The one area where ...Kirsten you make a good point. The one area where I think your argument needs further thought is that people actually derive a lot of beneift from automobiles and through their decisions actually demonstrate how much value they place on using a car. The issue for me is would our use of cars be differernt if we faced a different price each time we used it. Sometimes the price will be low - an intersuburban trip other times it is very high - peak hour trips to work. The problem seems to me that our price for using a car doesn't vary enough to reflect changes in costs. It probably shows from this blog that I am an economist but I think most people are used to the prices of many of the goods we using regularly changing. Why not for cars?Jeffnoreply@blogger.com