Applying the parking brakes
Making things tougher for downtown commuters is crucial to creating a better downtown experience for all, urban experts believe
By: Kelly Taylor
Conventional wisdom, at least in Winnipeg, holds that the key to a successful downtown is making it easy for suburbanites to drive downtown and park wherever they wish.
Conventional wisdom, it appears, is wrong.
A look at cities suggests abundant parking is not a benefit, but rather a bane, to a successful downtown, which experts say is vital to the economic well-being of all parts of a city.
"There are very few things more important to a city’s and a suburb’s success than a vibrant downtown," says Brent Toderian, a city planning consultant and president of the Council for Canadian Urbanism. "That’s true whether an individual ever comes downtown or not."
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