03-20-2022, 05:36 PM
(03-20-2022, 04:08 PM)nms Wrote: Given that some developers (looking at you, 8 Queen) have decided that it is more cost effective to compel new owners to rent parking space elsewhere rather than build parking in their own developments, I don't think that it will be any easy sell to encourage them to build more parking. You *might* be able able to convince a developer to build on a public lot with a condition that the City funds the parking garage component while the developer stacks a condo tower one top. I could imagine that a developer might suggest that in this scenario, they should not be on the hook for building a parking garage, since their tenants can simply rent the parking spaces in the public garage.
As for UWaterloo's lack of a parking structure, I doubt that there is any kind of funding available for a parking structure within their current funding model. Ontario Government funding is typically tied to new buildings, not basic infrastructure or maintenance.
I guess returning to the 1970s one-way Duke St (with the reverse one-way Charles to match) could preserve those parking spaces. Or maybe there is another creative solution out there.
I’m not sure what parking space is you are looking to preserve? For most of its length Duke Street has no parking. Neither does Charles. Making Duke Street one way could make room for parking, but if they made it one way for parking and wouldn’t make it one way for cycling, that I’m pretty sure there’s going to be a riot in the city.