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Tax Big Boxes for free parking

Category: City Finances and Services
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Reduce car traffic by taxing free parking at big box malls.

Big box malls should be taxed heavily for any free parking provided by employers or businesses (make it really expensive to open big box malls in suburbia).

Ottawa Community Forum Report, Oct 03 2007

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