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Alternative theory: Easier parking -> less driving around looking of parking spots -> less traffic. I rarely drive in SF but when I do I often find that when I
by spikels 13y ago
Alternative theory: Easier parking -> less driving around looking of parking spots -> less traffic.
I rarely drive in SF but when I do I often find that when I go to find a parking space there a many other people also driving around looking for parking spaces. I wonder what percentage of driving in SF is spent looking for parking.
- anigbrowl 13y agoYeah but hat assumes that the vehicle population won't expand to take advantage of the new capacity. Like many people, when I lived in SF* I didn't want a car because it was more hassle than benefit, notwithstanding the invisible tax of lost time from slow/inefficient public transit. I agree that it's very very slow; getting from SF to Stanford University, for example, is a 3 hours journey each way. * I live in North Oakland now, and I can get to downtown SF in about 30 minutes, including the walk to the BART station and having to wait a few minutes for the train. At worst (just missed a train, at the weekend, 20 minute wait for the next one) it takes 45 minutes, wheres getting downtown from 30th Avenue and Taraval in SF took a minumum of 54 minutes and typically more than an hour.
- pjlegato 13y agoSFMTA estimates that 30% of SF traffic is people circling while looking for a parking spot. http://sfpark.org/2011/04/04/sfmta-announces-improved-sfpark-pricing-strategy-for-city-owned-garages/ http://sfpark.org/2011/04/04/sfmta-announces-improved-sfpark...