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And your ignoring the fact that the Minneapolis metro area is a commuter city and parking is already limited within residential areas. Where are people going t
by derp_dee_derp 8y ago
And your ignoring the fact that the Minneapolis metro area is a commuter city and parking is already limited within residential areas.
Where are people going to park their cars if parking is not mandatory for all these triplexes being built? There won't be enough space on the street and you and I both know that developers will save costs by simply not building parking for low or medium income housing projects.
So then you've got people who can't own a car because they have no where to keep it, who are then reliant on the bus system to get to work.
Great,if the bus goes from your house to where you are working. Too bad it doesnt most of the time.
This is a huge problem right now in north Minneapolis: there aren't a lot of good bus routes running through the area that go to where the jobs are and the people who live there that can't afford cars therefore don't have access to good employment.
Sure, just do more routes, right?
There is already a shortage of bus drivers in Minneapolis and the transit system is hemorrhaging money. How are we gonna pay for it?
Or maybe build more train lines?
We've already been planning the new sw metro line for a decade and surprise surprise it's still not built.
The 2040 plan is not a good solution to the reality of the Minneapolis metro area's problems at all.
- Obi_Juan_Kenobi 8y agoNone of these issues are a problem, they're preferred. The excess of parking subsidizes driving leading to more congestion, less density, and less utilization of public transportation. People simply aren't that stupid when it comes to their self interest. If transportation options suck somewhere, then property/rent values go down. This isn't libertarian pipe-dream economics, this is basic direct effects. If anything, it gives developers the choice between building the parking, or lobbying for better bus service, etc. Perhaps if parking wasn't so absurdly subsidized, the bus system would improve markedly?
- gullywhumper 8y agoIt sucks, but bus routes are being reduced because people just aren't using them: http://www.startribune.com/declining-metro-transit-ridership-drives-bus-route-changes-set-for-dec-1/501209441/ http://www.startribune.com/declining-metro-transit-ridership...
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- SamReidHughes 8y ago> Where are people going to park their cars if parking is not mandatory for all these triplexes being built? In non-mandatory parking garages.