<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>donjoe</author><text>Does your car parking cost as much as renting a flat&amp;#x2F;sqm? I bet it does not.&lt;p&gt;Where I live, parking space costs you about 15€&amp;#x2F;sqm&amp;#x2F;month on a single floor&amp;#x2F;no floor since it&amp;#x27;s &amp;#x27;public space&amp;#x27;. A flat is avg. 22€&amp;#x2F;sqm&amp;#x2F;month and buildings in general come with 6 floors: we&amp;#x27;re closer to 6*22€&amp;#x2F;sqm&amp;#x2F;month for living space...</text><parent_chain><item><author>NovemberWhiskey</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m surprised to hear someone say that New York City has &amp;quot;copious free and heavily subsidized parking&amp;quot;; how does that manifest itself, exactly? Living in Manhattan, that&amp;#x27;s not really my experience.</text></item><item><author>jseliger</author><text>It would be nice for &amp;quot;subway cost control&amp;quot; to be part of that plan: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nymag.com&amp;#x2F;intelligencer&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;new-york-infrastructure-costs.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nymag.com&amp;#x2F;intelligencer&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;new-york-infrastructu...&lt;/a&gt;. Subways are among the greenest possible transport modes and yet NYC hasn&amp;#x27;t built substantial new lines since 1940.&lt;p&gt;This is also the same city that provides copious free and heavily subsidized parking while banning or severely limited 30-pound, highly efficient electric vehicles: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;17&amp;#x2F;opinion&amp;#x2F;electric-scooters-nashville.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;17&amp;#x2F;opinion&amp;#x2F;electric-scooters...&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;p&gt;I wonder how we should interpret the city&amp;#x27;s stated desires versus its actual policies.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>New York state lawmakers have agreed to pass a sweeping climate plan</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/nyregion/greenhouse-gases-ny.html</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>donohoe</author><text>Let’s start with employee plans can allocate several hundred dollars pre-tax to parking but very limited amounts to subway and train.&lt;p&gt;You can also argue that huge amounts of free street parking are subsidies, but limited areas to chain bikes.&lt;p&gt;There is more, but those are the obvious ones to me.</text><parent_chain><item><author>NovemberWhiskey</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m surprised to hear someone say that New York City has &amp;quot;copious free and heavily subsidized parking&amp;quot;; how does that manifest itself, exactly? Living in Manhattan, that&amp;#x27;s not really my experience.</text></item><item><author>jseliger</author><text>It would be nice for &amp;quot;subway cost control&amp;quot; to be part of that plan: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nymag.com&amp;#x2F;intelligencer&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;new-york-infrastructure-costs.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nymag.com&amp;#x2F;intelligencer&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;new-york-infrastructu...&lt;/a&gt;. Subways are among the greenest possible transport modes and yet NYC hasn&amp;#x27;t built substantial new lines since 1940.&lt;p&gt;This is also the same city that provides copious free and heavily subsidized parking while banning or severely limited 30-pound, highly efficient electric vehicles: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;17&amp;#x2F;opinion&amp;#x2F;electric-scooters-nashville.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;17&amp;#x2F;opinion&amp;#x2F;electric-scooters...&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;p&gt;I wonder how we should interpret the city&amp;#x27;s stated desires versus its actual policies.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>New York state lawmakers have agreed to pass a sweeping climate plan</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/nyregion/greenhouse-gases-ny.html</url></story>