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[MikeyinBrooklyn]

People aren't going to move into buildings [[residential or commercial) without parking unless there's transit nearby that actually makes getting around without a car convenient. Unfortunately, Detroit still isn't at that point yet. Until then, parking garages are needed.

No matter how nice the apartment or office, you need parking. Otherwise it is not practical for most people to live or work there. Also, a parking garage can begin to generate revenue while the buildings it is meant to serve are still under construction. While some transit is on it's way [[and I am hugely supportive of M1Rail, BRT, and improvements to our bus system), Detroit is never going to be the kind of city where most people don't want or need a car. Detroit is Detroit, and even those of us who regularly use public transportation are still car people. Support for transit here can't grow if it's framed as an anti-car argument. Detroit will be the city of car people where there are alternatives to driving, not replacements for driving.

[emu steve]

No matter how nice the apartment or office, you need parking. Otherwise it is not practical for most people to live or work there. Also, a parking garage can begin to generate revenue while the buildings it is meant to serve are still under construction. While some transit is on it's way [[and I am hugely supportive of M1Rail, BRT, and improvements to our bus system), Detroit is never going to be the kind of city where most people don't want or need a car. Detroit is Detroit, and even those of us who regularly use public transportation are still car people. Support for transit here can't grow if it's framed as an anti-car argument. Detroit will be the city of car people where there are alternatives to driving, not replacements for driving.

I agree with these statements.

Even where public transit [[high quality public transit) hold fort it is, I presume, because it is more of a necessity than a 'desire'.

One factor which holds in a lot of big cities is that there is so much commercial activity [[e.g., employment) that folks would be crazy to drive there [[because of congestion or cost of parking or both). E.g., who would drive to Madison Square Garden?

Detroit isn't there yet and who knows when it will.