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Letter: Time to levy parking charges on all roads

Published 25 June 2025

From Ronald Watts, Charlestown, New South Wales, Australia

Calls for higher fees for car parking to cut urban vehicle use raise a question: what is the total value of parking real estate provided free to drivers? Streets in many places are full of cars parked at taxpayer expense. It is seen as a right. If I wish to take over a park or hall for exclusive use, I must pay. So should the street-parking public(24 May, p 22).

Issue no. 3549 published 28 June 2025

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