[SDCBC] Fwd: UT Mid City Transit Article Saturday - What does pla nning for growth depend upon?

[Chuck Northrop]

We're nowhere near New York in terms of parking space cost ($630/mo) and
definitely not Tokyo ($702/mo). San Diego comes in at $170/mo.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070826/news_lz1h26parking.html

http://colliers.com/Markets/USA/News/2007ParkingRelease

You're looking at a couple of decades before we reach critical mass for a
shift toward mass transit sorry to say.

--Chuck


On Jan 17, 2008 12:02 AM, Gale Chan <sdmcgale at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm glad that there are folks who continue to advocate for improving mass
> transit, reducing use of foreign oil, etc.  It's nice to know there are at
> least SOME people out there whose life goal isn't to drive a lifted truck.
>
> To specifically answer your question "Then exactly what does it depend
> upon?", the answer is "parking".  It depends on when parking for all the
> vehicles becomes an issue.  That's really what drove the development of BART
> way back when.  When parking  becomes a problem you have achieved what seems
> necessary for mass transit to gain the edge over driving:  enough volume of
> potential users, and their willingness to switch from driving to using mass
> transit.
>
> I don't know the cost of a parking place in NY but in Tokyo it's like
> $500/mo.  When parking costs here start getting like that we'll see some
> improvements to mass transit!
>
> -- Gale


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