[Moncton] Dieppe Developments

[benvui]

Originally Posted by Audevourahn

It's a nice idea, but I'm not really clear on what Dieppe is doing with this one. These areas already have free parking. I'm not clear on what the difference is. The only thing I see as an advantage is if you work at one of the few areas downtown, like Blue Cross, where they don't have much or free parking. Aside from this small subset of commuters, I don't see an advantage. The same could be accomplished parking at the mall, and taking the Blue line down Main. The issue is, I think that almost all commuters in Moncton have access to free parking for employees. I just don't see this as a significant enough value-add for most people. Maybe I'm wrong on this, but I don't think so.

I think the idea is reduce traffic congestion in the morning and evening by removing cars from the road. They are trying to shift people from a car dependency to public transit. If more people took the bus then we would need less parking downtown. If more land was available for development then we could have more businesses downtown. If we have more businesses downtown we attract more people to the city and we need more public transit and so on. It is a good idea, I'm not sure people are ready for the shift yet, but it is coming, whether people are ready or not. Is this the right way to do it, time will tell, but without more advertising and incentives it will be hard to convince people to give up their car.