Ugh. The solution to constrained on-street parking is not to add additional on-street parking but to adequately price the existing parking (or in this particular case: ban bus parking during events). I encourage everyone to contact the city and make your voice heard. Spencer, could you share who you communicated with?
For those of you not familiar with Donald Shoup's research on the price and public cost of car parking, this article provides a short summary: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/business/economy/15view.html Harald. On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 2:54 PM Spencer Gardner <[email protected]> wrote: > Response from the city: > > > ------------------------------------ > > You are correct. We are adding parking to the north side of Dayton. The > reason is that for Kohl Center events, buses park on both sides of Dayton > and westbound traffic would drive in the center turn lane. It was > basically a mess. This is being done to make Dayton Street safer for Kohl > Center events. There’s also the added benefit of more on-street parking > available. There will be metered stalls on the block between Lake and > Frances. > > ------------------------------------ > > > Color me disappointed but unsurprised by this. The addition of parking > next to the bike lane is certainly not an "added benefit" to me or others > using this bike lane regularly. > > > Furthermore, the city has now wasted an opportunity to install a > higher-quality bike facility to enhance the connection between the SW Path > and downtown. Good luck clawing those parking spaces back now that they've > been put in... > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
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