Comments on: When Parking Spaces Are More Important Than Homes http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/09/when-parking-spaces-are-more-important-than-homes/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jonathan http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/09/when-parking-spaces-are-more-important-than-homes/comment-page-1/#comment-115661 Jonathan Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:10:56 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=43701#comment-115661 More basement apartments means more less affluent, more transient neighbors, which many believe lowers property values. I appreciate Mr. Mathews' work with his blog, but I think he's reaching too far by connecting this issue to the supply of parking. More basement apartments means more less affluent, more transient neighbors, which many believe lowers property values. I appreciate Mr. Mathews’ work with his blog, but I think he’s reaching too far by connecting this issue to the supply of parking.

]]> By: Josh http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/09/when-parking-spaces-are-more-important-than-homes/comment-page-1/#comment-115621 Josh Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:50:05 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=43701#comment-115621 "Mathews points out that 20 percent of Georgetown residents don't own cars. He also notes that 23 percent of households own more than one car, and asks why the interests of the multi-car-owning residents should trump other concerns:" To be fair, this is the interests of the multi-car-owning residents AND the interests of the single-car-owning residents that are being invoked here, not just the multi-car people. Still shouldn't trump people's ability to find a place to live, of course, but I think what they're balancing it against is the ability of the building owner to make an extra $X per month in rent rather than against the ability of some hypothetical future tenant to find a place to live. “Mathews points out that 20 percent of Georgetown residents don’t own cars. He also notes that 23 percent of households own more than one car, and asks why the interests of the multi-car-owning residents should trump other concerns:”

To be fair, this is the interests of the multi-car-owning residents AND the interests of the single-car-owning residents that are being invoked here, not just the multi-car people. Still shouldn’t trump people’s ability to find a place to live, of course, but I think what they’re balancing it against is the ability of the building owner to make an extra $X per month in rent rather than against the ability of some hypothetical future tenant to find a place to live.

]]> By: Kaja http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/09/when-parking-spaces-are-more-important-than-homes/comment-page-1/#comment-115481 Kaja Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:38:07 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=43701#comment-115481 > Make public transit free. Ponies too, yeah? > Make public transit free.

Ponies too, yeah?

]]> By: fpteditors http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/09/when-parking-spaces-are-more-important-than-homes/comment-page-1/#comment-115471 fpteditors Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:00:51 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=43701#comment-115471 If you "solve" traffic congestion by building more roads, you just make the parking problem worse. So, let's solve both problems at once. Make public transit free. If you “solve” traffic congestion by building more roads, you just make the parking problem worse. So, let’s solve both problems at once. Make public transit free.

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