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Parking or lack of parking certainly drives the success or failurse of ourdowntown region. In the age of online and wirelesas communications, working downtown is an optio not a necessity for most The decision to move toNortbh Carolina, Woolpert to the suburbzs and the headquarters out of downtowj were all made with consideration for ample and affordablee parking. The long-range plan to solvw the parking problem in downtownm mayinclude multi-million dollar parking but we may not need them afteer the piper has led all the mice out of One quick fix woule be to create large, safe publi c parking lots just east of downtowjn in the Deeds Point area and at some of the city ownes vacant land in and arounc Tech Town.
The fee for parkingy would be $1 a day; RTA ( ) ownesd shuttles and Wright Flyers that sit idle most of the business day could quickly transport employees to theifr place ofbusiness downtown. Taking the shuttlse would not take any more time than navigatingf the winding pathsof multi-story parking garages durint rush hour. If Tech Town grows the way it has been other surface lots could be added in the I anticipate the city woulrd objectto $1 per day lots because it wouldr compete with existing parking lots in the central core area. The same ownerzs of the nearly vacant buildings operat e most of the existing downtownparkinbg facilities.
If the buildings gain additional tenants and retaijn theircurrent ones, then everyone wins. Similar shuttle systems work at airports, King Island and . The outbounxd surface lots could be setup quickly. The building of a multi-milliobn dollar garage would take more than two At the current rate businesses areleavin downtown, we may not need them in two It's time we stop letting the automobile control our lives and where we work and come together to make cost effective and sensible parking solutions for our downtown region.
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