Comments on: The Providence Eye http://www.gcpvd.org/2008/01/16/the-providence-eye/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:33:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jef Nickerson http://www.gcpvd.org/2008/01/16/the-providence-eye/#comment-3756 Jef Nickerson Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:18:29 +0000 http://www.gcpvd.org/2008/01/16/the-providence-eye/#comment-3756 I would certainly want to see more funding going to mass transit. However, this project is not getting city or state funding. This is a private developer creating a private parking structure, it is not and either/or issue in regards to transit. I would hope that a project like this will be attractive to the monthly parkers that currently exist downtown, such as residents of the Cornish lofts. And that as people move their monthly dollars into this structure and other structured parking options, that we'll eventually see the scales tip and existing surface lots will be developed. Right now, the cost-benefit analyses on a surface lot does not point towards developing. Surface lots are quite profitable for parking cars still. I would certainly want to see more funding going to mass transit. However, this project is not getting city or state funding. This is a private developer creating a private parking structure, it is not and either/or issue in regards to transit.

I would hope that a project like this will be attractive to the monthly parkers that currently exist downtown, such as residents of the Cornish lofts. And that as people move their monthly dollars into this structure and other structured parking options, that we’ll eventually see the scales tip and existing surface lots will be developed.

Right now, the cost-benefit analyses on a surface lot does not point towards developing. Surface lots are quite profitable for parking cars still.

]]> By: Jessan Dunn Otis http://www.gcpvd.org/2008/01/16/the-providence-eye/#comment-3755 Jessan Dunn Otis Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:23:47 +0000 http://www.gcpvd.org/2008/01/16/the-providence-eye/#comment-3755 Having lived in Providence from '68-'02, I recognize the problems with parking. However, building an iconographic "machine" that's already being referred to as a "Pez dispenser" seems less appropriate than giving more funding to mass transit and making that system work more efficiently and productively. Providence, to me, has been/is a "walking city". The more space that's contributed/constructed for parking cars will, ultimately, encourage more cars to come into the city. Dance on ... Having lived in Providence from ‘68-’02, I recognize the problems with parking. However, building an iconographic “machine” that’s already being referred to as a “Pez dispenser” seems less appropriate than giving more funding to mass transit and making that system work more efficiently and productively.

Providence, to me, has been/is a “walking city”. The more space that’s contributed/constructed for parking cars will, ultimately, encourage more cars to come into the city.

Dance on …

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