Parking in Waterloo Region

[Coke6pk]

I wonder if these places with "extra cash" spaces would benefit from a service (offered by the Region or private) that managed them by reading the market landscape, providing discoverability, monitoring and waitlist services.. that sort of thing.

If the Region/Cities wanted to get into this, though, it would involve discussions around what role Parking should play around here. Is it a public good like other bits of transportation infrastructure and needs only be managed for capacity to lubricate economic activity, or is it an economic activity in itself that should be optimized for income?

I will make an assumption that these places likely don't declare this extra income, and therefore having it managed by a government wouldn't be favourable.  (My wife doesn't get receipts, and its kind of funny as she got the lots with waitlists list when she worked at CRA  LOL)

Coke