Quote Originally Posted by DC48080 View Post
Don't you think that the folks who own the parking lots in Detroit would jump at the chance to cash in and sell their land to a developer if one was to come along? Well, nobody is lining up to build anything downtown.

At least as long as the owners of those lots are paying taxes the city has some revenue coming in.
Ah, the Mantra of Low Expectations. Got it. Settle for whatever crumbs you can get, eh? Never mind the enormous subsidies the City throws at promoting creation of parking and empty lots. I guess that's a hole in your argument you don't care to address, isn't it?

The few small businesses as well as the major ones that are left downtown need convenient parking for their employees and customers. Let's not add another reason to the long list of reasons to not come downtown.
Have you BEEN to Downtown Detroit lately? There's a TON of parking. Everywhere.

Right now it is easy; jump in the car, drive downtown, park in front of or very close to your destination, go in and spend money, go home. Very easy. If you force people to pay $10 or more to park in a garage and wait in line to get out of said garage see what will happen to the businesses that are left down there.
But you say nothing of being FORCED to own a car, FORCED to pay $3 a gallon for gas, and FORCED to spend hundreds of dollars a year on car insurance just to get to that $10 parking spot.

I'm not sure if you've travelled much, but there are these neato things called "parking meters" that most cities have if you're just stopping somewhere briefly. It reasons that might be a solution to not paying $10 to park in a garage for a quick stop somewhere.