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Trust me, you really wouldn't. This incentive structure has existed previously in the UK and it lead to precisely the degenerate outcomes you might imagine. What you want is fewer cars

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What kind of degenerate outcomes? Just curious. Any good links to read?

I once sat in a phone queue for 3 hours to dispute a charge that I received due to signage that was obstructed by trees. There's no incentive to handle disputes so they effectively don't. There's also hundreds of different companies each with their own rules and systems. Most of the time I'll park 3 or 4 miles out of the city and walk in rather than dealing with crappy parking companies.

What if dispute handling is handled by the city then, while the actual job on the ground is outsourced?

You think it's gonna help?

> dispute handling is handled by the city then

That would be the defintion of "socializing costs" while "privatising revenues".

It's more like a government oversight in food industry: you're free to reap the benefits, but if you get too many complaints you'll be shagged by a hefty fine.

Not if the private company gets fined for every case where the ticket was frivolous and got overthrown. It's all in my original post BTW.

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