AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
It’s certainly time for local governments to think outside the box,” Lucy Dadayan, a principal research associate with the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center at the Urban Institute, said.
“Local governments could ... enact
tourism taxes. Government buildings and land could lease space to cell towers
or solar farms.”
Dadayan said there is an upfront cost,
but many cities have lowered costs while raising revenues via automation.
She said a great example is a meter
for coins at every parking space — which cost a lot to maintain and service —
replaced with an app that makes it easy for people to pay by phone.
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