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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Austin</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Good points. But hasn’t there already been some
conclusions on the statistics of parking needs and NSA parking usage? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Michael<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>When NSA is in session
the UI is also back, which has a near doubling effect on our local population
as I understand.<br>
<br>
When I (rarely) park in the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jackson</st1:place></st1:City>
lot while NSA is in session, I never have a problem finding a spot. Also, when
I was an NSA student I didn't have a car... <br>
<br>
Just some thoughts.<br>
<br>
-<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Austin</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 6/29/06, <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Art Deco</span></b></st1:PersonName> <<a
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com" title="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</a>>
wrote:</span></font></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Paul,<br>
<br>
If you want to see the effect that NSA has on the <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Jackson Street</st1:address></st1:Street> parking<br>
lot, just visit it now when NSA is not in session and compare it to when NSA<br>
is in session.<br>
<br>
W.<br>
----- Original Message ----- <br>
From: "Paul Rumelhart" <<a href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com"
title="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>><br>
To: <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"
title="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 8:30 PM <br>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Re: Parking Downtown <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City><br>
<br>
<br>
> I'm one of those people who is put off going to downtown because I'm not<br>
> assured of convenient parking. If I happen to be near downtown,
then I <br>
> will walk in and do business there ocassionally. If there is
something<br>
> specific there that I want (such as a good sandwich from Wheatberries),<br>
> then I'll go there when I'm close to downtown. If I'm at home
and need <br>
> something, I hop in the car and go anywhere but downtown. It
just doesn't<br>
> even come up on my list of areas to head for.<br>
><br>
> If the odds of finding parking at any given time were higher, I'd go there
<br>
> more - even if I had to walk farther. Once you're
downtown, it's no big<br>
> deal because there are enough shops that you can easily get to that are<br>
> quite nice. Another put off is that even when you find parking,
it's <br>
> either behind a big building you have to walk around or it's paralell<br>
> parking on a busy street. Sometimes you get lucky and find some
diagonal<br>
> parking spots.<br>
><br>
> I can't imagine that I'm unique when it comes to this. <br>
><br>
> Anyway, I also welcome more data on this subject.<br>
><br>
> Paul<br>
><br>
> Dan Carscallen wrote:<br>
><br>
>>Phil says:<br>
>>"If we determine there is a shortage of parking downtown at
certain <br>
>>times, then one question is what are the consequences of that shortage?<br>
>>For example, do customers go elsewhere to do business as a result? The<br>
>>conventional wisdom probably says "Yes," but I'd like to see
evidence to <br>
>>support the conventional wisdom. (Anecdotally, I've never gone
elsewhere<br>
>>to do business because I couldn't find a parking spot. The businesses<br>
>>that have what I want determine where I shop, not parking. Perhaps I'm <br>
>>an exception.)"<br>
>><br>
>>If this is the case, I'm just as much as exception as Phil. (Does this<br>
>>make us exceptional? I'd like to think so) And if
we're getting<br>
>>anecdotal, I've never had a problem finding a place to park downtown,
or <br>
>>near enough for a short walk. Maybe I'm still an exception .
. .<br>
>><br>
>>BUT, as Phil so eloquently states, a comprehensive study of the<br>
>>"problem" (real or perceived) needs to
occur. Maybe something can be <br>
>>gleaned and expanded from the study the NSA is doing. It
would be nice<br>
>>to get the whole parking thing defined so people don't have that
"moving<br>
>>target" to keep shooting at.<br>
>><br>
>>DC<br>
>><br>
>><br>
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