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Originally Posted by CoryB
Yes, the convention centre expansion included parking, unlike Project W, the issue though is 150 spaces is less than what was there before and that parking lot was often full, even on weekends. The additional convention centre space is hoping to attract more people, which in turn means more cars yet the amount of space available has decreased.
Also just because other things are currently lacking downtown as chrisallard5454 points out that does not mean we should turn a blind eye to what is going to make downtown a vibrant community long term.
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And yet our most vibrant community, with possibly the largest constant population is Osbourne Village. It manages to be so without an abundance of parking. How many parkades exist in the Village? How many parking lots exist, outside of private resident lots and Safeway? There may be a few, but nowhere near the amount that is downtown.
Winnipeg still seems to have a lot more parking lots than any other Canadian city I have been to, so you really have nothing to worry about.
If worst came to worst and every lot was developed (which would be a godsend for me personally) then the city would just be forced to come up with better transit services to people who currently drive.
Oh, and Glasshouse is building a five story parkade, so there is the offset that you are looking for.