Annapolis Capital Punishment

The "Baghdad By the Bay" award is given by Parking Today's Blog to our city for "its amazing depth of understanding of parking and the free market." Uhh....the writer is being cynical. The award is given to cities that demonstrate that if "there was a proper way to go with a parking policy, they would do the opposite. Many cities, large and small, have been recipients of the coveted award and today it goes to the Maryland capital and home of the Naval academy....To solve the problem the parking wizards in Annapolis doubled the rates in the garage. They seemed confused when that didn't work. Local businesses canceled their contracts to park in the garage. Hmmmmm.....With all the publicity, all the articles, all the research, all the speeches and presentations made by Shoupistas over the past five years since Don Shoup's book, the High Cost of Free Parking, came out, they just don't get it."

CP has also been referring to parking guru and author Donald Shoup ("The High Cost of Free Parking") and saying that we focus too much on increasing the SUPPLY of parking spaces rather than reducing DEMAND for them by focusing on raising rates, and moving people instead of having cars just....sit. See these past postings:

Annapolis Capital Punishment: The Beste Laide Planse, The Roade to ...

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CP NOTE: Here is what Parking Today's Blog wrote:

I have been honored to have been picked up by another blogger, Paul Foer, and his Annapolis Capital Punishment blog. Turns out my comments below on Annapolis resonated with his blog post, here. Thanks to Paul. Best of luck to him and his campaign to bring parking reason to the Maryland Capital.

I love the double/triple entendre with his blog title. Capital can mean the building or city where government sits, it can also mean money, and of course, that most extreme of punishments. My guess is that Paul considers all three when he writes.

(And CP adds....don't forget our daily newspaper as well!!)

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