1
00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,520
Speaker 1: The price of a parking permit in Cambridge has been

2
00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,920
Speaker 1: left untouched for well over a decade at twenty five dollars,

3
00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,039
Speaker 1: but if approved by the city council, a proposal would

4
00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,600
Speaker 1: increase that to seventy five dollars, triple the cost. The

5
00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,120
Speaker 1: price would say the same for low income residents, those

6
00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:18,720
Speaker 1: living in affordable housing or on welfare programs. Though not

7
00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:19,880
Speaker 1: everyone is thrilled.

8
00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:21,360
Speaker 2: You like to think that they're doing it for a

9
00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:23,560
Speaker 2: reason and that they're being accountable and they have their

10
00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,200
Speaker 2: finances in order. They're trying to reconcile things. But I

11
00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:28,520
Speaker 2: don't know. It's hard. It's a difficult question.

12
00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:31,240
Speaker 3: If I can do anything to even like oppose that.

13
00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:34,320
Speaker 3: I would even suggest maybe like half that I would

14
00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:35,360
Speaker 3: definitely go for that instead.

15
00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,199
Speaker 1: Counselor supporting the proposal say the increase would have the

16
00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,320
Speaker 1: parking permit program pay for itself, which is running at

17
00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:46,000
Speaker 1: a two million dollar deficit in Cambridge. James Rojas WBZ,

18
00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:47,920
Speaker 1: Boston's news radio