12-26-2017, 04:04 PM
(12-25-2017, 10:16 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: It's not even "removing", it's just "moving", there's plenty of parking in uptown, 100% guaranteed there are 30 empty spaces at any given time, all these people need to do is go to one of the parking lots, then walk 3-4 minutes to their destination. There was a rather loud rant about how such an imposition would make it impossible for anyone to visit uptown, which is so ridiculous on face, it doesn't need rebuttal, but there are plenty of people with that attitude (these same people I have no doubt instead parked a 10 minute walk away from their destination at Conestoga Mall this winter, but I digress).
I've been meaning to make a map comparing the walking distance from the parking lots/garages in Uptown and Downtown compared to mall parking. Maybe it's the climate control, or the fact that you're 'in the mall' sooner, but there's definitely a bias towards mall parking vs more urban parking. For example, it's about 300m from the centre court at Conestoga to the middle of the parking by the Bay, which is the same as the straight line distance from the parking behind the Uptown LCBO to King & Erb, or from Kitchener City Hall to King & Water.