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Hoping to discourage car trips downtown, Austin may drop parking requirement
American-Statesman ^
| Dec. 11, 2012
| Ben Wear
Posted on 01/09/2013 3:04:26 PM PST by Jonx6
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posted on
01/09/2013 3:04:30 PM PST
by
Jonx6
To: Jonx6
Good grief . There is no parking in Austin .
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posted on
01/09/2013 3:08:12 PM PST
by
katykelly
To: Jonx6
More likely, this asinine move will end all discretionary trips to downtown. Downtown merchants will be closing up shop, and relocating to the suburban malls.
To: Jonx6
I’m willing to ignore this, because according to Texans I’ve met, Austin is not actually a part of Texas.
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posted on
01/09/2013 3:12:07 PM PST
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
Never really been to DT Austin, but my city, Tulsa, does have a surplus of parking because of zoning regulations. Not just in Downtown but also in the strip malls where more than half the spaces are never full.
Is this not just an easing of zoning regulations? Can the property owner make more parking if he chooses?
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posted on
01/09/2013 3:13:27 PM PST
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
The article mentions rail. Does Austin have rail?
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posted on
01/09/2013 3:14:17 PM PST
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: katykelly
That was my instant perspective. Sixth Street parking? It is to laugh.....
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posted on
01/09/2013 3:15:11 PM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
To: demshateGod
Austin should have a lot of rail... to run the leftist asshats out of town on.
To: demshateGod
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posted on
01/09/2013 3:16:14 PM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
To: Jonx6
Best wishes. But anyone with HALF A BRAIN will provide parking.
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posted on
01/09/2013 3:19:52 PM PST
by
BobL
To: Jonx6
Austin: the Portland of Texas....
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posted on
01/09/2013 3:22:19 PM PST
by
Donkey Odious
( Adapt, improvise, and overcome - now a motto for us all.)
To: Jonx6
Free Parking is what made America Great.
Pay parking is geographically associated with Peoples' Republics.
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posted on
01/09/2013 3:23:51 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Donkey Odious
Austin: the Portland of Texas....
No.....the San Francisco of Texas.
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posted on
01/09/2013 3:26:04 PM PST
by
DH
(Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
To: Jonx6
...encouraging people to use their cars rather than bikes, buses and rail. It's Texas. Why not add more of these instead?
-PJ
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posted on
01/09/2013 3:27:17 PM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: demshateGod
Austin has the Metrorail. One train that starts downtown and heads north to stop in Leander. I ride it to work sometimes. Faster than the bus. Way cheaper than a car.
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posted on
01/09/2013 3:33:39 PM PST
by
christx30
(Freedom above all.)
To: christx30
How much do you pay a month?
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posted on
01/09/2013 3:35:32 PM PST
by
JCBreckenridge
(Texas is a state of mind - Steinbeck)
To: JCBreckenridge
That will slow economic activity in the city. Who wants to take public transportation and walk or bike in S. Texas heat?
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posted on
01/09/2013 3:39:46 PM PST
by
Oldexpat
To: Jonx6
Agenda 21 folks..agenda 21.
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posted on
01/09/2013 3:44:24 PM PST
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: Jonx6
Ah, the authors of Agenda 21 are smiling.
I’ve spent a lot of time in Austin (on business) and it’s one of the few cities I’ve enjoyed simply because you can park with a fair amount of ease. I tend to avoid spending much time in other cities where attempting to park just raises blood pressure.
To: Jonx6
I guess....Chicago now has $6.25 an hour parking meters!!
I wonder how that will work out for them.....
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