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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
It is all about giving options and letting everybody determine what is best for them. Every major airport offers long-term parking. Airports and intercity rail stations serve large catchment areas. Not everybody is effectively served by transit/Uber/taxis . We need to serve a broad portion of the population. It is not about subsidies. It is about serving the public who may wish to use the service. Not everybody who drives wants to deal with downtown Montreal or Toronto traffic or the 401. All I have been saying is don't block out a portion of the market for the sake of one or two condo towers in a less attractive location.
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To be clear I never suggested that no parking should be included. Just that it shouldn't be surface parking and should be market rate pricing. They should build whatever structure would be large enough for the typical number of people willing to pay for parking at the market rate.
That said, I'm not sure who couldn't be served effectively by taxis or ride share but who could be served by private car. Because Taxis and rideshare use the same cars, vans and SUVs on the same roads as the vehicles that people own. Well, other than perhaps someone who needs the entire interior volume of a van and couldn't spare room for the taxi or rideshare driver. But hey if someone wants to pay for market rate parking then all the power to 'em.
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