Source?

Permitting is fine by me but only if you have to re apply for a permit and the number of permits gets reduced over time regularly. Problem is if you have resident permits, how do you get rid of them after it was such a hard task of getting them.

It's like free street parking. After decades of it how do you tell people they have to pay for it now.

>Parking is the biggest factor in determining whether people will drive.

Maybe. But you are not talking about eliminating parking. Just assigning them to certain group of people.

It's Friday night. How many open parking spots you see out your window? How many open parking spots would there be if there were parking permits?

How are the number of cars going to decrease in the city and the suburbs with the permits?

Congestions pricing would decrease the number of cars driving into the city.

You can’t reduce the number of cars if everyone has a permit.

Nothing wrong riding a bicycle as means of transportation.

Cars and car infrastructure plus all the negative externalities are expensive. After decades of passing off the costs the bills are coming due. Driving is not going to get any cheaper.