There’s few cars in that lot because up until very recently there wasn’t anything in the area worth visiting but a few hotels and restaurants under the interstate bridge. They are definitely making an effort to revamp it into something nice rivaling Portland’s waterfront but once residential buildings go up, there won’t be anywhere to park. The place is surrounded by river, train tracks, and an overhead freeway.
plus, for housing, the parking minimum’s only eliminated for affordable housing, senior housing, childcare, and homes <1,200 ft2. family housing still requires 1 parking spot per home
That seems pretty backwards to me. ‘Family housing’ is going to be purchased by people with the most disposable income who can afford to pay for parking. The affordable housing folks are definitely going to be commuting a ways to work and will need somewhere to park. This area of Vancouver is pretty isolated and the city has almost no public transit apart from busses. The article does mention that a parking garage will be built at some point but I bet all those spots will be gobbled up by the ‘non-affordable housing’ people since its going to be shared amongst several tenant buildings.
This reminds me of NY where the governor just put a cap on car insurance claims to make car insurance “more affordable.” Its just more fake Progressivism enacted by Neoliberals. The real winners here are real estate developers and car insurance companies not the poor.
Giving people a place to live is more important than giving them a place to park, especially in a area with a bus system named North American Transit System of the Year.
once residential buildings go up, there won’t be anywhere to park
The pictured development includes a parking lot.
The development is also surrounded by parking lots.
Yes and no on your first point. The longer a car spends looking for parking, the more pollution it is dumpping into the residential area. And the stress of trying to find parking isn’t great for people’s health either. There is a balance to be had. But I don’t think they did the numbers to figure this one out. Theynof course could just get lucky and hit the balance. Who knows.
If you settle down for something as big as housing and will bring a car, you’ve hashed out where to park already. The true solution to environmental issues is a bike.
You would think, but the number of people I have heard complain about the parking situation where they live and how they had no idea it was so bad…
People just don’t usually think of such details. Same with storage space in a house. It looks bigger without the storage space, so there is less and less storage space in houses. Most people are not detail oriented.
The parking garage will be built later as mentioned in the article, and there aren’t any open parking lots in the area. The South and West sides are blocked by railroad tracks and the Columbia river, the East side is blocked by the freeway, and the North side is the very tip of a residential neighborhood.
I agree housing is more important than transportation, but you still need transportation in order to work and pay for this place. This isn’t going be a free shelter.
You have a point with most of these (I’ll concede on the ones I don’t mention) but East is not a freeway but a street with zebra crossings and a roundabout. North is not a residential neighborhood; Aria Apartments is the only residential I can see and the lot North of that is free.
And still, if you have enough money to get a car, you should have enough money for a jacket, a bike, and/or train tickets.
There’s few cars in that lot because up until very recently there wasn’t anything in the area worth visiting but a few hotels and restaurants under the interstate bridge. They are definitely making an effort to revamp it into something nice rivaling Portland’s waterfront but once residential buildings go up, there won’t be anywhere to park. The place is surrounded by river, train tracks, and an overhead freeway.
That seems pretty backwards to me. ‘Family housing’ is going to be purchased by people with the most disposable income who can afford to pay for parking. The affordable housing folks are definitely going to be commuting a ways to work and will need somewhere to park. This area of Vancouver is pretty isolated and the city has almost no public transit apart from busses. The article does mention that a parking garage will be built at some point but I bet all those spots will be gobbled up by the ‘non-affordable housing’ people since its going to be shared amongst several tenant buildings.
This reminds me of NY where the governor just put a cap on car insurance claims to make car insurance “more affordable.” Its just more fake Progressivism enacted by Neoliberals. The real winners here are real estate developers and car insurance companies not the poor.
Giving people a place to live is more important than giving them a place to park, especially in a area with a bus system named North American Transit System of the Year.
The pictured development includes a parking lot.
The development is also surrounded by parking lots.
Yes and no on your first point. The longer a car spends looking for parking, the more pollution it is dumpping into the residential area. And the stress of trying to find parking isn’t great for people’s health either. There is a balance to be had. But I don’t think they did the numbers to figure this one out. Theynof course could just get lucky and hit the balance. Who knows.
If you settle down for something as big as housing and will bring a car, you’ve hashed out where to park already. The true solution to environmental issues is a bike.
You would think, but the number of people I have heard complain about the parking situation where they live and how they had no idea it was so bad… People just don’t usually think of such details. Same with storage space in a house. It looks bigger without the storage space, so there is less and less storage space in houses. Most people are not detail oriented.
The parking garage will be built later as mentioned in the article, and there aren’t any open parking lots in the area. The South and West sides are blocked by railroad tracks and the Columbia river, the East side is blocked by the freeway, and the North side is the very tip of a residential neighborhood.
I agree housing is more important than transportation, but you still need transportation in order to work and pay for this place. This isn’t going be a free shelter.
You have a point with most of these (I’ll concede on the ones I don’t mention) but East is not a freeway but a street with zebra crossings and a roundabout. North is not a residential neighborhood; Aria Apartments is the only residential I can see and the lot North of that is free.
And still, if you have enough money to get a car, you should have enough money for a jacket, a bike, and/or train tickets.