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Originally Posted by Truenorth00

They don't have to fill up. They just have to be expensive. Which they are. And many of them are far from where people work. Or at least far enough to make driving less of a timesaver, if those are your parking options. Also, your reference is today (a time when public servants work two days in the office). There will be a lot more people and far fewer lots in the future. Every lot that gets developed will help fill in those garages more and they'll price accordingly.

Everyone has their own definition of what is expensive and cheap, but I suspect in an era where even relatively junior bureaucrats make over 100k and a combo at a fast food place costs $15, that $22 for parking 3 times a week will not induce someone to take a challenging transit trip as many here are describing.

Originally Posted by Truenorth00

How many new public garages being built in the core to replace all those "mom and pop lots"? Also, you are trying to imply these are small. But some of the lots developed held 100+ cars. Putting that in a parking structure would cost the city tens of millions. See the Glebe parking structure.

The newly built condo on top of Lyon station has public parking. The new condo between Sparks and Queen has public parking. Those are the newest downtown condos as far as I know. Newish-buildings like the Shoppers Drug Mart building on Bank and the former Shopify building on Elgin have public parking. I would expect that at least some of the other condos under construction have public parking. It is an easy revenue source for a developer.