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Originally Posted by urbanlife
That is true, Portland is a unique city with the fact that most cities that have surface parking lots have dead zones, but in Portland a surface parking lot can easily mean a food cart mecca. I really hope the city is able to find a balance between developing surface lots and maintaining the food cart culture in downtown.
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I'd be okay with the city changing policies to allow food carts to rent curbside parking. The city started with bike corrals. Now they already are letting restaurants put patios on street parking. It seems like a natural expansion of that plan.
It'd be a great way to really increase street life if the parking lots are replaced with buildings and we embraced using areas that are currently designated for curbside parking for more active uses. Maybe a few of the existing parking lots end up becoming Smart Park garages (with first floor retail) to offset the loss of parking lots and on street parking.
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