u/spacestabs

I recently became aware that my gym (a local chain) offers free or validated parking at most of its locations including in some dense, transit-rich areas of San Francisco. I rarely drive and never drive to the gym, and I'm a little annoyed at this fresh knowledge that I'm cross-subsidizing the car travel of my fellow gym members. (I walk, bike or take transit there.)

(Let me just acknowledge here that, of course, no-cost parking is presumably standard at most gyms across the U.S. and probably in most of the Bay Area, but I didn't assume that it would be in San Francisco.)

Has anyone had success in persuading a business like this to adjust its policies? For example, by offering a counter-balancing transit perk or by reducing fees for non-drivers? Am I crazy for imagining such an adjustment?