01-05-2017, 12:09 PM
(01-05-2017, 11:02 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: I don’t want to be the killjoy here, but all this discussion of what the parking rate “should be” ignores the right solution: SFPark. Adjust the parking rates to maintain a certain fraction of open spaces. The only change I would make is that rates should go to zero where and when appropriate. Anywhere that parking rates rise high enough to make it feasible to purchase land and construct a garage, such a project should be considered. Instead of arguing over what the rates should be based on different ideologies for how people ought to behave, let people decide how much parking is worth for them and park accordingly.
I like this approach although I'm sure we totally disagree on the actual amount of parking that should exist.
As for the "Make parking cost the same as transit so that people take transit" argument, I'm going to go out on a limb and say a good chunk of the people that were parking for free will just drive somewhere else where they can park for free instead of taking the bus. That's one of the reasons I like an approach like ijmorlan's.