[sustran] Re: More about on-street parking

Prof J G Krishnayya sri at giaspn01.vsnl.net.in
Wed Apr 26 16:51:26 JST 2006


Right on, Todd!  Well said.  However, you are fighting all the engineers
who believe -- who are indoctrinated to think that improving efficiency
by 10% is a positive thing. 
JGK
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From: sustran-discuss-bounces+sri=pn1.vsnl.net.in at list.jca.apc.org
[mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+sri=pn1.vsnl.net.in at list.jca.apc.org] On
Behalf Of Todd Edelman
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 12:02 PM
To: Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport
Subject: [sustran] Re: More about on-street parking

Hi,

I suppose I could admit I am a "carfree fundamentalist" who sees nothing
sustainable about cities which allow individually owned and operated
cars
inside....so I will just mostly ignore this "better car parking" stuff. 
So just comment:

> ...
> on-street parking can act as a buffer between pedestrians and a busy
> arterial.

I have heard this argument before. Arent there better buffers? For
example, trees, plants, bikelanes, watercourses, sculptures, vending
machines, and so on? In carcities, how about if it was a rule that if
you
are so close to pedestrians you simply have to drive really, really
slow?
This is not rocket science.

---

This list really confuses me sometimes.

Do people want to spend their whole professional lives (and afterwards)
regulating parking and trying to get cars to slow down? How many people
on
this would be perfectly happy to not be able to use a car if their city
was designed to provide everything you need without one? To reference a
recent thread on this list, are people ready to sacrifice
sustainability(!) for peace, quiet, safety and proximity?

Thanks,
T

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