Quote Originally Posted by DC48080 View Post
Are you really serious with that statement??

People who drive those cars want a convenient place to park while visiting an office, store, restaurant or bar. Most people would rather park in a surface parking lot than pay more and have the hassle of long slow lines in a parking structure.
Yes, I'm dead serious with that statement. You're thinking strictly in terms of "cars", vis-a-vis "people". Go to any successful, thriving city on earth, and I bet your ass you won't see nearly as many surface parking lots as you do in Detroit. IT. DOESN'T. WORK. It hasn't worked for the past 65 years, and it's not going to work anytime soon. Please take your ideas to the 1950s, where they will receive much greater reception.

Downtown Detroit isn't suffering for want of parking. It's suffering for lack of reasons to park there.