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It does blow my mind how many times the easiest solution is a garage. In San Francisco, there's was a proposal about ten years ago to convert a street that was
by bsimpson 4y ago
It does blow my mind how many times the easiest solution is a garage.
In San Francisco, there's was a proposal about ten years ago to convert a street that was full of shops near the water and already had a bike path to a proper pedestrian promenade. A bunch of shopkeepers flipped their shit at the idea of not having parking spaces in front of their stores. The mayor's optometrist was on that street, so he had the whole project binned.
They could have easily eminent domained some disused building nearby, built a parking garage, and made everyone happy. Instead they went "cars good, people bad, cancelled."
- newaccount74 4y agoRight? It's often not that hard to make an environment that works for cars, pedestrians and bikes. I live in an apartment complex with a gigantic underground parking garage. There are no cars on ground level, just paths for walking and bikes. About 2000 people live here. Almost everyone has a car, but their cars are mostly just parked in the garage. 90% of people who live here either walk, take public transit, or ride their bikes to work. But when you need a car to visit grandma with your 4 kids, it's right there, underground.