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Originally Posted by halifaxboyns
The attached building you are refering too is an NSLC store if I'm not mistaken. Considering there are two strip malls in walking distance it might be possible to expropriate that portion of the building; but I would think you'd have to take that whole chunk of the lot? I'm not sure...
My feeling would be provide the lowest amount of parking as possible and then do what they are doing with the Airshow - have Metro Transit team up with the operators of the site to provide additional transportation options and frequency for the stadium. I'd also encourage that there be a bus pick up/drop off area off the street in the design, so that buses have their own location and are not having to clog up Young or Windsor to stop and pick up people. As we have all experienced; people aren't exactly the quickest when they are leaving a game and so any efforts to keep the roads moving would be helpful.
But from a costing perspective; I figured it might reduce the cost (although probably not that much) to just co-share existing parking with the forum. That way; it's already there and potentially you wouldn't really need too much more (if you really encourage people to use transit).
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Build a multilevel parking garage on the Forum parking site. During the week commuters would use the garage as a transit hub. Shuttle busses would go to downtown nonstop. (Stadium-downtown link)