Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff Daily in partnership with the Brain Drink, Ārepa. Today on The Spinoff, Ben Gracewood fixes banking, Catherine McGregor gets ready for the Fifa World Cup by watching a new documentary about the sport’s astonishingly corrupt governing body and Emily Writes struggles to admit that she may in fact be a good parent. But first, George Weeks on the hidden cost of free parking and toll-free roads. “Contrary to popular perception, Auckland does have a congestion charging system. Every person stuck in traffic pays with their time. In one sense it is kind of equitable – a brand-new Ferrari 812 is no more immune to congestion than my venerable Honda. On the other hand, the time cost is typically paid by those who have little control over what time of day they make their journey, due to work demands, family commitments, and so on. For every employee unable to be flexible in their working hours, this is purely wasted time, literally up in smoke.”
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‘Free’ car parking and roads cost drivers in other ways
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