Quote Originally Posted by 313WX View Post

You then get into a slippery slope of what point will people simply say "forget it" about going downtown to work or spend money if the cost of parking is unaffordable, which will lead to other unintended consequences.
Great point. City managers in other "urban" downtowns like RO and Birmingham could really take advantage of this by promoting free or cheap parking. Paying even $5 for parking in Royal Oak already drives people to rage at city meetings; it could be a massive PR coup for the first city to just make parking really cheap, especially if downtown Detroit costs go up even more.

I'd love to say that higher costs would make people take public transit, but we all know that won't happen with our current system.