The land is some of the most valuable and costliest to maintain in the world. The absence of a parking meter just means someone else is footing the bill.
Yes, and I think that was implied already?
This is such useless pedantry. We all know what was meant.
They're addressing a common misnomer. And one of the costs of street parking is that the parking spot is free. It ties right in to the discussion on the cost of street parking here: can't put trashcans on the street, garbage truck can't access trash cans from the street.