Do Parks Need Parking?
How do you get to your favorite park? Do you walk, ride, drive? Here's something I never thought of:
'StreetsBlog' says vehicle parking at parks isn't really necessary, as many of the country’s most popular urban parks are characterized by a lack of parking.
So think about it and let me know; when you go to the park, how do you get there?
About SRTC
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
6 comments:
Well I think it depends on the park, we held a family reunion at Franklin Park a few years ago and the parking there is important, and especially for all the other activities that go on there. I usually ride my bike to the closest park and it has a lot of on street parking that is seldom used.
I was trying to think of which parks I've been to lately and I guess it does kind of depend on WHY you're going. For instance, I went to Corbin to walk a friend's dog who lives in the neighborhood. Most people who drive there just park in front of people's houses. But then last weekend I went to Plantes Ferry Park to watch a soccer game and because it's along a busy road, and there are SO many teams playing soccer at one time, a parking lot is required.
If a park doesn't have parking, how can it be called a park? It's like the old joke about people parking on their driveway and driving on the parkway.
Wow, you're full of wisdom today Julie. Kind of a catch 22 huh? Or a chicken and egg situation. Or... Ah never mind.
I think there needs to be bike parking everywhere. I'm noticing a lot of places that don't have it, occasionally including parks, which always seem to have parking for cars.
It seems odd that parks wouldn't have bike parking but now that I think of it, I'm pretty sure some around here don't either. I'll have to do an informal investigation. Sorry everyone but I'll be out of the office this afternoon.
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