The downtown for our little city (just under 300,000 people) has multiple parking structures and a ton of parking lots within a few minutes walking distance from everything in the area. They sit empty.
Why? Because people “NEED” on-street parking and will bitch if they don’t get it. So what should be quiet streets or roads with bike lanes just becomes rows upon rows of people parking there.
And then we gift motorists with free parking around the holidays, further clogging up public spaces.
The solutions are so easy, but either a lack of will from leadership, or the entitlement of NIMBYs, makes it very difficult to achieve an outcome that works for everyone.
The downtown for our little city (just under 300,000 people) has multiple parking structures and a ton of parking lots within a few minutes walking distance from everything in the area. They sit empty.
Why? Because people “NEED” on-street parking and will bitch if they don’t get it. So what should be quiet streets or roads with bike lanes just becomes rows upon rows of people parking there.
And then we gift motorists with free parking around the holidays, further clogging up public spaces.
The solutions are so easy, but either a lack of will from leadership, or the entitlement of NIMBYs, makes it very difficult to achieve an outcome that works for everyone.