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Originally Posted by rocketphish
Proximity to rapid transit is part of what sold city planners on the request for additional height, which is why providing more commercial and residential parking spaces than required in four levels of underground parking rubs Leiper and others the wrong way.
“You’re not going to have everyone taking the train,” Watson said. “But if we can encourage more people to leave their car at home or not even buy a car in the first place, and they walk literally a couple of metres across the street to an LRT station, that’s better for the environment, it’s better for transportation, it’s better for the economy.”
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If the city was serious about TOD, they would change the parking requirements for TOD developments and set reasonable maximums for the number of reserved, tenant parking spaces. By making tenant parking a scarce commodity, the cost for a reserved spot will go up, discouraging those who don't plan on using transit from living there, and encouraging those who do.
Its a bit different for visitor and retail parking, but even then you want a sufficient but not excessive amount of parking. Optimally you want enough that people can find a spot most of the time without circling for hours, but not so much that the lot is usually mostly empty (a tough balance to predict). I am not sure what type of retail is planned, but it is unlikely to have seasonal rushes like malls do.
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