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Sounds like something the market can solve. Instead of giving limited parking spaces to whoever got there first, sell them to the highest bidder.

Monthly parking in Manhattan is $1000/month. If you want a car, you gotta pay for the space it takes up. We could be using that space for better things.

People parking on the sidewalk? Great! Tow them and fine them, and now the city has another source of revenue.

>>welshw+(OP)
I have always thought we should do away with free street parking. It is a valuable resource that should be used for the city to make money or turn into something everyone enjoys. This is a direct impact for the poor (like tolling a road) and will be met with serious resistance. What the OP talks about is what happened in the LA suburbs I lived in (SFV). People even got non-working cars that they pushed around to save spots (you can space the cars out so no one can park and tighten them up so you can park).