Do Dispatch writers or this "panel" travel to other parts of the U.S. or the world? Do they not know that you can't have a world-class city without a world-class public transit system?? More parking structures downtown means more traffic. More traffic makes for a less comfortable pedestrian environment. Fewer pedestrians means less density. Less density means less downtown vibrancy. Back to square one. Are we still sure that transit is only trendy?? Boggles the mind....
Parking ills hold back Downtown, panel says
Friday, August 13, 2010 02:50 AM
By Marla Matzer Rose
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Mass transit might be in vogue, but parking holds the key to Downtown revitalization, a panel of Columbus business and civic leaders says.
A lack of cheap, available parking continues to put Downtown at a disadvantage to attracting and keeping employers, who tend to gravitate to the suburbs, they said.
Addressing the future of Columbus at a Wednesday event sponsored by the Athletic Club of Columbus, one of the four panelists, developer Frank Kass, said the history of Downtown's development led to the parking problem.
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Parking ills hold back Downtown, panel says
Friday, August 13, 2010 02:50 AM
By Marla Matzer Rose
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Mass transit might be in vogue, but parking holds the key to Downtown revitalization, a panel of Columbus business and civic leaders says.
A lack of cheap, available parking continues to put Downtown at a disadvantage to attracting and keeping employers, who tend to gravitate to the suburbs, they said.
Addressing the future of Columbus at a Wednesday event sponsored by the Athletic Club of Columbus, one of the four panelists, developer Frank Kass, said the history of Downtown's development led to the parking problem.
READ MORE AT:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2010/08/13/parking-ills-hold-back-downtown-panel-says.html?sid=101
Ken Prendergast
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All Aboard Ohio
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Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
