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So the customers of the popular bowling alley don't park in the parking lot of the neighboring businesses. It's forcing every business to play nice with their n
by pchristensen 9y ago
So the customers of the popular bowling alley don't park in the parking lot of the neighboring businesses. It's forcing every business to play nice with their neighbors, rather than free-ride off of them.
Most mall parking lots are sized for the demand of the busiest day of the Christmas shopping season, and are consequently underused for most of the year.
- jdavis703 9y agoWell then the next door business can either charge for parking and offer free parking validation after you buy something, or just have a tow truck waiting to tow people who park and don't enter the premises.
- kylec 9y agoSo, shift the burden to the business that actually paid to create enough parking for their customers?
- mikelward 9y agoEither that or keep building lots of parking, ensuring private cars are the only option. Choose your poison.
- redial 9y agoNot everyone wants to be in the parking-lot business.
- pchristensen 9y agoI'm not saying it's the right solution (I'm in favor of dynamic pricing of parking - google "Donald Shoup" for more info). But I got a degree in Urban Planning and that's what I learned was the rationale for municipal minimum parking requirements. Keep in mind, the US had 200 million fewer people in 1945. More of America has been built since WWII than existed during it.