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it'd be relatively easy and cheap to solve this problem in a lot of cities by turning all the on-street parking into schooter/bike lanes. you can fit 2 lanes (s
by clairity 6y ago
it'd be relatively easy and cheap to solve this problem in a lot of cities by turning all the on-street parking into schooter/bike lanes. you can fit 2 lanes (slow & fast) on each side of the road. you'd eliminate both complaints about riding on the road and on the sidewalk in one fell swoop. and, you'd internalize the cost of parking to boot.
- ghaff 6y agoAnd people don't come into your city from the outside but maybe you're OK with that.
- clairity 6y agomaybe at the margin, but unlikely enough to matter. in any case, either drivers will pay market prices for interior parking or park in the outskirts and ride transit into the city. either way, they could bring their bikes and scooters (or use these micromobility or ridehailing apps) for added interior range and efficiency.
- paxys 6y agoThere is no reason to rent out some of the most valuable real estate in your city for $1/hour. If people from outside want to drive in they can use a market-rate parking lot.
- ghaff 6y agoI have absolutely zero problem with cities putting whatever policies they want in place. And folks deciding whether to come into the city for whatever reason will make whatever decisions they want. (Which will often include cost of parking.) I'd also observe that a lot of on-street parking is allocated for local residents.
- vanilla_nut 6y agoNot to mention the fact that on-street parking often makes stop-sign intersections very dangerous because the parked cars block all visibility, even when set back from intersections.