停车受益区

Parking Benefit Districts

外侧车道停车位通常拥挤不堪,驾驶人巡游寻找稀缺的空停车位,造成交通拥堵、空气污染,并产生CO_(2)。为了避免这些问题,一些城市建立停车受益区,对外侧车道停车按照市场价格收取停车费,并将收入用于改善收费街区的公共服务。一项对曼哈顿上西区的案例研究发现,对目前尚未收费的外侧车道停车位按照市场价格收取停车费,每年每个街区可以减少22 t CO_(2)排放量,并且每年至少产生户均1025美元(约合人民币7469元)的收入用于改善公共服务。

Where curb parking is overcrowded,drivers who are searching for a rare open curb space con-gest traffic,pollute the air,and produce carbon dioxide.To avoid these problems,some cities have estab-lished Parking Benefit Districts that charge market prices for curb parking and spend the revenue to pay for public services on the metered blocks.A case study of Manhattan's Upper West Side found that charging market prices for the currently unmetered curb spaces would eliminate 22 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per block per year and yield at least$1,025 per household per year to improve public services.