Comment by robocat
1 day ago
> Street-side parking in downtown areas is far more wasteful
Be careful: removing parking and making your city centre bicycle and pedestrian friendly does remove cars. But it also removes the people going into town in those cars. I'm in Christchurch (NZ) and the city centre feels car-phobic and so the city centre seems to be dying. Not sure what is cause and effect - it might have been dying first.
They should take the train. Driving into a city center is always a bad idea unless you have a very specific reason, or it's a very small city.
> removing parking and making your city centre bicycle and pedestrian friendly does remove cars. But it also removes the people going into town in those cars
With all due respect, someone deterred by a parking fee is similarly deterred by spending in that neighbourhood.