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).
