[Vision2020] Re: Parking Downtown Moscow

[Craine Kit]

What about looking at the study Stu Scott (of Camas Winery) did two  
or so years ago?

Kit Craine

On Jun 29, 2006, at 5:32 PM, Joe Campbell wrote:

> Wayne,
>
> NSA might check investigate this further in their survey but  
> unfortunately it makes too much sense.
>
> --
> Joe Campbell
>
> ---- Art Deco <deco at moscow.com> wrote:
>
> =============
> Paul,
>
> If you want to see the effect that NSA has on the Jackson Street  
> parking
> lot, just visit it now when NSA is not in session and compare it to  
> when NSA
> is in session.
>
> W.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Rumelhart" <godshatter at yahoo.com>
> To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 8:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Re: Parking Downtown Moscow
>
>
>> I'm one of those people who is put off going to downtown because  
>> I'm not
>> assured of convenient parking.  If I happen to be near downtown,  
>> then I
>> will walk in and do business there ocassionally.  If there is  
>> something
>> specific there that I want (such as a good sandwich from  
>> Wheatberries),
>> then I'll go there when I'm close to downtown.  If I'm at home and  
>> need
>> something, I hop in the car and go anywhere but downtown.  It just  
>> doesn't
>> even come up on my list of areas to head for.
>>
>> If the odds of finding parking at any given time were higher, I'd  
>> go there
>> more - even  if I had to walk farther.  Once you're downtown, it's  
>> no big
>> deal because there are enough shops that you can easily get to  
>> that are
>> quite nice.  Another put off is that even when you find parking, it's
>> either behind a big building you have to walk around or it's paralell
>> parking on a busy street.  Sometimes you get lucky and find some  
>> diagonal
>> parking spots.
>>
>> I can't imagine that I'm unique when it comes to this.
>>
>> Anyway, I also welcome more data on this subject.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> Dan Carscallen wrote:
>>
>>> Phil says:
>>> "If we determine there is a shortage of parking downtown at certain
>>> times, then one question is what are the consequences of that  
>>> shortage?
>>> For example, do customers go elsewhere to do business as a  
>>> result? The
>>> conventional wisdom probably says "Yes," but I'd like to see  
>>> evidence to
>>> support the conventional wisdom. (Anecdotally, I've never gone  
>>> elsewhere
>>> to do business because I couldn't find a parking spot. The  
>>> businesses
>>> that have what I want determine where I shop, not parking.  
>>> Perhaps I'm
>>> an exception.)"
>>>
>>> If this is the case, I'm just as much as exception as Phil. (Does  
>>> this
>>> make us exceptional?  I'd like to think so)  And if we're getting
>>> anecdotal, I've never had a problem finding a place to park  
>>> downtown, or
>>> near enough for a short walk.  Maybe I'm still an exception . . .
>>>
>>> BUT, as Phil so eloquently states, a comprehensive study of the
>>> "problem" (real or perceived) needs to occur.  Maybe something  
>>> can be
>>> gleaned and expanded from the study the NSA is doing.  It would  
>>> be nice
>>> to get the whole parking thing defined so people don't have that  
>>> "moving
>>> target" to keep shooting at.
>>>
>>> DC
>>>
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