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Originally Posted by flyer99
Just to throw my two cents in on a few points:
(9) The CRA survey resulted in stating that about 2/3 of Monctonians believe that there is a parking issue. The Huddle article was written by the inventors of an app that want to push its own agenda. Keep that in mind.
Over and out!
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I take abit of an issue with this one. The sample size was 401 people. These were
home phone calls by the CRA.
1) I find this to be an extremely small sample size, if even half of these people barely go to events they probably would say there is a parking issue, because there is far more fear mongering articles about there being a parking issue than ones saying there isnt one. Confirmation bias is tearing apart todays society. "I think there is a potential parking issue with the new building, oh look theres an article about a parking issue at the new building, I probably wont even fact check it, share share share retweet etc|.
2) Most people between 20-40, the ones who a downtown centre is focused on do not even own a home phone. The only people who I know who own home phones anymore are 50+. Those folks are of course more likely to believe there is a parking issue as they are the most vocal about this problem.
I guess I am somewhere in between on this issue. I want the surface parking gone & replaced with garages, and the lots developed with better uses than painted lines. But I also grow increasingly frustrated with the negativity of NB'rs. I am worried that all of these fear mongering articles related to parking will actually drive more people away than the parking issue itself. Maybe the CRA can do a survey on that? People who spend very little time in the downtown area and might think about going to the new arena might stay home because everyone complaining online scared them off. There is a large number of people who even complain about the coliseum parking lot, probably the ones who leave 10 minutes early in a tie hockey game to beat the parking lot rush to save all of 10 minutes.
. Not sure why they even bought a ticket.
I still have yet to find anyone answer me how 100000 people park for the santa clause parade. I never attend. But based on the amount of negativity I see online this appears to be a modern miracle.
I understand the weather with icy sidewalks and cold weather, but realistically this winter we had about 3 weeks of unbearable cold and the rest of the winter wasn't that much less mild than a Halifax winter. I see lots of older folks at Scotiabank Centre who somehow navigated the steep hills and long walks from Halifax's parking garages.
If an additional 1000 vehicle parking garage is built on the old coop lot (what im hoping happens) won't people STILL complain that this is too far of a walk?
I do wish the City would do a better PR job here. I wish also they would get information soon on how the bus routes on event nights might change. It seems odd for Dawn Arnold to paint a picture of public transportation dropping you off right at the front door but not giving any encouraging information on more busses on event nights. As someone who lives just down the street from a bus stop in Riverview in the current situation I might only have one opportunity to catch a bus to the event cen. and if I miss it I would be an hour late for the game.
I also hope that the continued highfield street that runs near the events centre entrance has a nice setup for drop offs at the door. The government won't solve all our problems. Some of this will be behaviourial change. The couple who brings their grandparents or parents with them can drop them off at the door and then finding a nearby parking space..but they need to make sure that drop offs are relatively easy to do and encourage them. This even happens at the coliseum today. No matter where the parking garages are built there will be some amount of walking required. The age of convenience for parking in Moncton needs to change in order for the city to grow.
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