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Parking case study: Promoting obedience to law through less enforcement, greater facility

A story by Marty Toohey in the Austin Statesman ("Parking pay stations bring in more cash for Austin," July 22) shows how the goals of law enforcement may sometimes be better met by facilitating legal behavior than simply punishing the illegal. The article opens:A year after Austin started replacing its worn-out parking meters with new pay stations, the city says it is issuing significantly fewer tickets while collecting more money.The pay stations ? solar-powered yellow-and-gray machines that spit out receipts for drivers to stick to their windshields ? were responsible for a 26 percent increase in parking-meter revenue, according to the city, which is planning to replace the rest of its old meters during the next year.The new pay stations break down less often than the old meters did...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 22, 2010 (boomark / email).