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buckland@ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland) writes:

> In article <schuck.721519561@sfu.ca> Bruce_Schuck@sfu.ca writes:
> >A better solution, and cheaper, would be to ban cars in the downtown
> >area of Vancouver and force people to use buses, skytrain and commuter
> >rail. That would be cheaper and cleaner and much less of a waste of
> >resources.
> 
>  But there will always be _some_ drivers that need access to downtown
>  and parking there.  My favorite scheme is to systematically eliminate
>  downtown parking spaces, on- and off-street, until the desired
>  result is achieved.  Those who had to pass through would be able to
>  do so, with less obstruction than now, and those who really had to
>  park (not those who would merely like to park) downtown would still
>  find space, although at a price.  Our much maligned towing companies,
>  plus a bit more enforcing in no-stop zones, would clean away a lot of
>  the system-buckers.


All that will do is limit the parking to those wealthy enough to afford 
it, and create a real hardship for the rest of the population. There 
simply isn't a practical alternative at present for many people that use 
cars downtown.


Robert Smits Ladysmith B.C. emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca
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