Today’s focus is on the need for on-street parking and why the alternatives are unsafe, bad for business and generally bad for the urban environment.
Key Quotes:
Why on-street parking is needed:
“*Commercial parking lots
-if they are built in front of a building..nobody will ever walk on the sidewalk that runs between the parking lot and the street..beside the building.. snaggletooth streetscape..If everyone parks in back, then it seems logical to the building owner to put the front door in the back
*Residential parking
-double-wide driveways are big heat sinks with lots of stormwater runoff.
*Parking decks
-next to a sidewalk creates a terrible pedestrian environment.. Parking decks are broadly perceived as being scary places.. Bore the pedestrians, and they won't walk there. Build ugly buildings, and they'll abandon your sidewalk as well
*Liner buildings
-It is possible to fix parking decks by building what is known as a "liner building" between them and every adjacent sidewalk. A liner building is a thin building that "lines" the parking deck's outer edges
*The pedestrian shield
-One major source of fear is the possibility that a car might run off the street and hit you. On-street parking alleviates this fear
*Thriving retail
-every on-street parking space in a thriving retail district is worth $250,000 in sales to the nearby merchants on that street”
Related articles
- Just another eight inches . . . (maureenholland.wordpress.com)
- Another premium parking site added in Melbourne CBD (secureparking.wordpress.com)
- Parkade stall count posted online by parking authority (cbc.ca)
- Eyes on the Street: NYC's First Bike Corral Underway on Smith Street (streetsblog.org)
No comments:
Post a Comment