(04-30-2015, 10:27 PM)ookpik Wrote: I was wondering that as well. Also what employee can't afford to pay for a dedicated parking spot so much that they'd rather go out every couple of hours, in all weather conditions, to play musical parking spots with their car. If this is a real issue rather than an imagined one then we have a serious management problem among employers in the downtown core.
I worked in an office downtown where this was common. My coworkers had responsible positions and were fairly well-paid, and many of them would move their cars several times a day to avoid parking charges. Their jobs usually gave them enough freedom to do that.
In speaking with them about this, it became pretty clear that this practice wasn't a result of rational decision-making. It was usually related to a belief that parking should be free or very cheap, strong enough that they would inconvenience themselves to make sure it was. A lot of my co-workers would have a choice between paying $x per month (I can't remember how much, but "too damn much") at the market and walking a few blocks twice a day, and paying a parking ticket periodically and walking a couple of blocks a few times a day. A lot of people chose the latter, and it had nothing to do with affordability.