Comments on: Park Department http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/12/15/park-department/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:09:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: The Grinch http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/12/15/park-department/#comment-10368 The Grinch Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:17:34 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1338#comment-10368 If there's extra parking space JUST for holidays, let's abolish the holidays. If there’s extra parking space JUST for holidays, let’s abolish the holidays.

]]> By: lalahsghost http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/12/15/park-department/#comment-10292 lalahsghost Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:25:03 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1338#comment-10292 Parking garages cut the space needed... How about we build our shopping centers ?on top of them? or below them? or some sort of manner like that in order to more efficiently use space... There is always up! Parking garages cut the space needed… How about we build our shopping centers ?on top of them? or below them? or some sort of manner like that in order to more efficiently use space… There is always up!

]]> By: John http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/12/15/park-department/#comment-10271 John Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:08:28 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1338#comment-10271 All ideas above are good. If one-way lanes were used, got used-to, and enforced, some area percentage could be reduced for a same-capacity lot.Two way lanes are not really needed here. All ideas above are good. If one-way lanes were used, got used-to, and enforced, some area percentage could be reduced for a same-capacity lot.Two way lanes are not really needed here.

]]> By: Kevin Love http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/12/15/park-department/#comment-10265 Kevin Love Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:52:54 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1338#comment-10265 Eliminating car parking is an excellent way of reducing car use. There is zero car parking at both where I live and where I work in Toronto. Needless to say, I don't drive a car to work. Driving would mean that I would have to walk to and from off-site car parking for both my home and workplace. It would take me almost four times as long to get to work. And I would pay about $350 per month for each car parking spot - that's $700 per month total. That is the sort of disincentive that is needed everywhere. We could at least start with employees who get "free" parking spots at their workplace by defining that as a taxable benefit. That would discourage driving cars to work and raise some badly needed tax dollars at the same time. Eliminating car parking is an excellent way of reducing car use. There is zero car parking at both where I live and where I work in Toronto. Needless to say, I don’t drive a car to work.

Driving would mean that I would have to walk to and from off-site car parking for both my home and workplace. It would take me almost four times as long to get to work. And I would pay about $350 per month for each car parking spot - that’s $700 per month total.

That is the sort of disincentive that is needed everywhere.

We could at least start with employees who get “free” parking spots at their workplace by defining that as a taxable benefit. That would discourage driving cars to work and raise some badly needed tax dollars at the same time.

]]> By: Michiel http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/12/15/park-department/#comment-10264 Michiel Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:54:34 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1338#comment-10264 For peak demand, companies and municipalities should share parking space. E.g. parkings spaces of offices are not used on saturday when lots of people are shopping. (As amazon.com does with server capacity.) It saves a lot of money and space! In the Netherlands with have percentages of capacity of use of parking spaces in time (morning, afternoon, evening, weekdays vs weekends). For peak demand, companies and municipalities should share parking space. E.g. parkings spaces of offices are not used on saturday when lots of people are shopping. (As amazon.com does with server capacity.) It saves a lot of money and space! In the Netherlands with have percentages of capacity of use of parking spaces in time (morning, afternoon, evening, weekdays vs weekends).

]]> By: Pete Warnock http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/12/15/park-department/#comment-10251 Pete Warnock Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:47:11 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1338#comment-10251 It's the dilemma of scaling. Malls need the extra capacity for the Holidays. Football stadiums need it 10 times a year. How do you effectively reallocate it? Amazon.com has extra capacity for the Holidays, too. A few years ago, it began renting unused extra capacity on an hourly basis. It provides affordable, on-demand bandwidth for short-term needs. It’s the dilemma of scaling. Malls need the extra capacity for the Holidays. Football stadiums need it 10 times a year. How do you effectively reallocate it?

Amazon.com has extra capacity for the Holidays, too. A few years ago, it began renting unused extra capacity on an hourly basis. It provides affordable, on-demand bandwidth for short-term needs.

]]> By: Josh R http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/12/15/park-department/#comment-10250 Josh R Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:36:21 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1338#comment-10250 One of the big problems with urban planning in regards to parking lots is the nearly absolute dictate that a business must have enough parking to accommodate the "worst case" christmas rush kind of crowds that most places only see a handful of times a year. 85% of the time the lots are nowhere near full, but it's better to have more land covered in asphalt then risk someone not being able to find a space. The book "The high cost of free parking" while dry, is a very good overview of this issue. One of the big problems with urban planning in regards to parking lots is the nearly absolute dictate that a business must have enough parking to accommodate the “worst case” christmas rush kind of crowds that most places only see a handful of times a year. 85% of the time the lots are nowhere near full, but it’s better to have more land covered in asphalt then risk someone not being able to find a space.

The book “The high cost of free parking” while dry, is a very good overview of this issue.

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