archited
Senior Member
^ I like your double-dish thinking!
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General Infill Discussion
- Thread starter Daveography
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IanO
Superstar
On-street parking is a privilege, not a right, but i'm not so sure this is where we should be placing time and energy given our larger issues and more important challenges before us.
inclusion
Active Member
Government can do multiple things at once; it is disingenuous to suggest that issues are mutually exclusive. We should expect that our governments can implement multiple things simultaneously.
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
I think we all know that the government can do more than one thing at a time. Doesn't make a street parking permit program a priority.
inclusion
Active Member
According to whom? This forum? You and Ian? It is being talked about in the media, so it is on someone's radar.
If anything, it should be a priority, as it is putting pressure on the Zoning Bylaw and should be considered a policy lever as the city continues to make adjustments to it in the future.
degrandprix
Active Member
I agree something needs to change soon, I've always thought it didn't make sense to remove minimum parking requirements but not introduce anything alongside that to regulate street parking.
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
I'd be surprised if they took the street parking regulation approach instead of re-instituting parking minimums.
David A
Senior Member
Yes, government can do more than one thing at a time, but like some others who try multi task there is more risk of doing things badly when it is not the main focus.
Probably some sort of parking minimum is the easiest solution, but it would be more sense if it was tailored to the area. For instance, a project close to transit or LRT probably doesn't need as much parking as one elsewhere.
archited
Senior Member
Lots of Cities and Towns regulate street parking (e.g. regulations regarding street cleaning; regulations vis a vis neighborhood parking; regulations for metered parking). I could see issuing permits regarding neighborhood parking supported by window decals, dated for effectiveness term -- perhaps regulated by number of vehicles vs number of on-property parking provided. I could also see strict adherence for metered parking with some set with 15-minute timers to avoid long term parking. BTW metered parking doesn't necessarily mean a physical meter at every parking space -- a centrally located in-the-block card issuer can work for block-long arrays of parking stalls that are then numbered for identification purposes. Typically metered and fine-enacted parking is a net positive revenue for a municipality (covering costs +). A creative thought... tie the fine process to Public Conveyance whereby fines can be (partially?) traded for purchase of Transit passes (it might in some instances cause people to forgo their private vehicle for transit for commuter type trips and also work to make the Public Transit aspect of City travel more acceptable in community moral terms).
Out of Towner
Active Member
There are plenty of places where infill developers can build without initiating a conflict with residents in an established neighborhood. Boyle is begging for new development so why doesn't the socially conscious infill developer referenced in the Journal article go there?
ChazYEG
Senior Member
We've been begging for Boyle Street developments, but there's no market for it right now. Also, the kind of developments we're seeing in other neighbourhoods is far different from what we'd see there, anyways.
The fact that someone can be socially aware does not mean that they're not a business who's looking to turn a profit.
archited
Senior Member
Gene Dub owns just shy of two full city blocks in the Boyle Street area and has a proposal in rendering form for most of the land he owns there.
Out of Towner
Active Member
Infill builders want to build in established neighborhoods primarily because mature trees and landscaping take years to establish and they can market an established neighborhood for nothing. Who wouldn't want to live in a mature neighborhood that's taken decades to improve rather than starting from scratch out in the boonies on the bald prairie.
MacLac
Senior Member
Glenwood station infill
thommyjo
Senior Member
Already over a dozen of these built in the glenwood/WJP/sherwood area. Probably a few hundred homes within a 5-8min walk of the new stop.
Now we just need more 4-8 story builds. 3 in the pipeline along 156 or 95ave, but 2-3 more would be nice to see