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Sorry, but that is not a solution. The traffic is the natural consequence of people's need to move around, not of available parking. A real solution consists in
by pif 14y ago
Sorry, but that is not a solution. The traffic is the natural consequence of people's need to move around, not of available parking. A real solution consists in removing the need (a.k.a: letting people telecommute), not the tools (parkings).
- Spooky23 14y agoI didn't say it wasn't available. I said it wasn't free. By making parking "free" to the end user, you make it easy for them to make choices around a car. Usually, public transit is cheaper than driving, but adds time. In my case, I can drive 15 minutes and pay $250/mo to park, take a bus for 25-30 minutes for $25/mo, or walk for 45-60 minutes for $0/mo. Think about NYC and it's famous mass transit system. Why does that exist, where just 200 miles away, Boston is a sprawled out driving disaster? The root answer is that Manhattan is an island, and there is no parking. You cannot just bulldoze a hill to put a 50 acre Wal-Mart parking lot there.