Parking is massively subsidized in the United States (read 750 pages about it! <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;High-Cost-Parking-Updated-Edition&#x2F;dp&#x2F;193236496X" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;High-Cost-Parking-Updated-Edition&#x2F;dp&#x2F;1...</a>) and drivers only get tickets because they habitually violate tons of laws (I&#x27;ve never gotten a ticket in my 12 years of licensure).