I wrote:
"Sadly, it's a chicken-and-egg thing...density boosts transit, but
without transit people can believe in, they can legitimately, IMHO,
oppose that density that may, someday, cause transit to flourish.
I think we need to control car use somehow — with carrots, not
sticks, hopefully — BEFORE we can ask neighbors to accept denser
projects in areas that, despite the presence of Uptown businesses,
are still quite residential. "
Nick Responds:
My understanding is that the city would approve a 10 story project
with the same density and that the density of the proposal is well
within the zoning code. Consequently your concern about the timing
of density is a mute point and would not be addressed in either case.
I think this may have missed my point — someone said height was the
issue; I said local traffic/congestion/environmental effects should
have been. The idea that a 10-story building would have as much
density as the 13 (and be approved) only reinforces my view that,
traffic/environmental, not height, should have been the main
consideration. IMHO.
David Brauer
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