Old 07-18-13, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by PlanoFuji
Yes, that was precisely the point of my post. Simply not producing infrastructure for a given mode doesn't actually prevent people from wanting (and insisting) on using that mode--as Portland seems to be learning. If the OP complex is desirable for other reasons, it is likely that people will move in who own cars. And they will find someplace nearby for those cars.
The two complainants quoted in the article (Golden and Varga) were both at least as much concerned about the size of the buildings as about the parking issue, and whenever you build something new, some people in the area are going to be opposed to it, so I'm not even sure the parking is the real issue here - Fox may have overstated that part of the story.
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