[MissoulaGov] Parking Kiosks

[Ethel MacDonald]

The highlighted section below leaps out at me and begs me to challenge the
foundations of the situation.
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 1:56 AM, Geoff Badenoch <geoffb at ism.net> wrote:

>    I am going to be riding my bike and Mountain Line to get around as much
> as I can. I understand that solution does not work for everyone and so
> long as personal vehicles remain the preferred and affordable means for
> people to go to and from Downtown, it is necessary to accommodate vehicles.
> That doesn’t mean we have to use a value system that demands warehousing of
> vehicles become the defining and dominating feature of Downtown.  The
> Missoula Parking Commission is smarter than that and will not be rushed into
> building anything without mindfully investigating its options and
> considering views offered by citizens.
>
> If parking is so dire, why are personal vehicles "the preferred and
> affordable means..."  (for the majority) and how do we reduce that
> majority?  The downtown businesses are making a super effort to make the
> downtown more attractive for biking and walking, but especially now in
> winter, when some of us bikers walk or take the bus and even some confirmed
> drivers would welcome a better alternative to driving, it is ever more clear
> to me that more frequent bus service is the answer to the parking as well as
> other transportation issues.  Yesterday I walked 5 blocks to catch the UM
> shuttle, and both coming and going, although I saw the bus go by just before
> I got to the stop, I waited, knowing another would come within 10 minutes.
> The return bus at 4:45 was packed.  What a great service --and free, too!
> Surely the downtown could learn from this UM success.  And of
> course, improved parking just attracts more cars downtown.  So I oppose more
> parking structures and hope the downtown will work on attracting more
> PEOPLE, not cars, to the downtown, and above all, support all efforts for
> more frequent bus service.  Ethel MacDonald
>


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> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Jordan Hess [mailto:wjordanhess at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 16, 2009 12:44 AM
> *To:* pnooney at earthlink.net
> *Cc:* Geoff Badenoch; Sally Brown; Brent Campbell;
> missoulagov at cmslists.com
> *Subject:* Re: [MissoulaGov] Parking Kiosks
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