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I agree with this 100%, except I worry about angled parking. The parking situation on Devine St feels downright dangerous to me and I hate backing out of a spot. Assembly St is busier and, at least in its current form, people (including me) fly down that road. Although it would be an inconvenience at first, a parking diet would do Columbia a world of good.
Agreed. If there were to be any parking on Assembly, I'd opt for parallel. It's still a major thoroughfare.
My plan is to narrow Assembly Street to 4 lanes, remove the median parking, widen the sidewalks, turn the median into a greenway and change the side parking to angled instead of parallel to regain most of the lost spaces. Voila, you have plenty of room for al fresco dining on Assembly Street and a beautiful thoroughfare.
It's highly unlikely that a secondary road will get narrowed. That only happens to local roads. Maybe get rid of parking all together on the road and heighten a parking deck to accommodate the loss. Side parking is so suburbia. If anything parking will go away on the street. It's a nuisance and impedes traffic.
I agree with this 100%, except I worry about angled parking. The parking situation on Devine St feels downright dangerous to me and I hate backing out of a spot. Assembly St is busier and, at least in its current form, people (including me) fly down that road. Although it would be an inconvenience at first, a parking diet would do Columbia a world of good.
I think the problem on Devine Street is that the lanes are too narrow. Devine Street needs to be narrowed to 2 lanes with a landscaped median and turn lanes. The addition of turn lanes would render the loss of the extra lanes in each direction almost meaningless, but it would be a more beautiful street with more room for people to back out.
It's highly unlikely that a secondary road will get narrowed. That only happens to local roads. Maybe get rid of parking all together on the road and heighten a parking deck to accommodate the loss. Side parking is so suburbia. If anything parking will go away on the street. It's a nuisance and impedes traffic.
Preferable, but good luck with the store owners griping. Parking garages are always better than street parking or surface lots.
It's highly unlikely that a secondary road will get narrowed. That only happens to local roads. Maybe get rid of parking all together on the road and heighten a parking deck to accommodate the loss. Side parking is so suburbia. If anything parking will go away on the street. It's a nuisance and impedes traffic.
Huh? If you're referring to on-street parking, you'd be very very wrong.
I'm also a big fan of parking garages (and in a perfect world they'd be underground or at least have retail on ground level) etc over street parking. But I was in Charlotte this weekend and they seem to have just as much street parking as we do. Obviously in the neighborhoods (say, Shandon in columbia and Dilworth in Charlotte where I was) in the city there is always going to have to be some street parking, particularly when guests are involved. And to me devine street really is part of the Shandon neighborhood, so it doesn't seem odd to have it there so much, as much as in a perfectly aesthetic world I'd love to see the cars gone.
I'm also a big fan of parking garages (and in a perfect world they'd be underground or at least have retail on ground level) etc over street parking. But I was in Charlotte this weekend and they seem to have just as much street parking as we do. Obviously in the neighborhoods (say, Shandon in columbia and Dilworth in Charlotte where I was) in the city there is always going to have to be some street parking, particularly when guests are involved. And to me devine street really is part of the Shandon neighborhood, so it doesn't seem odd to have it there so much, as much as in a perfectly aesthetic world I'd love to see the cars gone.
Uptown got rid of alot of their street parking. The outskirts still have street parking, but as more skyscrapers come online and expand the city center, those will be taken out. And guests are allowed to park in parking garages in Charlotte. That's what i always do when im in uptown. You just have to get it validated. And if your going for leisure, it's not that expensive. You went to a suburb of Charlotte and not the downtown area.
Uptown got rid of alot of their street parking. The outskirts still have street parking, but as more skyscrapers come online and expand the city center, those will be taken out. And guests are allowed to park in parking garages in Charlotte. That's what i always do when im in uptown. You just have to get it validated. And if your going for leisure, it's not that expensive. You went to a suburb of Charlotte and not the downtown area.
Is Dilworth seriously considered the suburbs? Wow I felt like I could walk to the stadium from there. My whole point is Devine street seems like it belongs to the Shandon neighborhood, and it's hard to get rid of street parking in neighborhoods. Right next to skyscrapers, sure, but in town neighborhoods not really seeing how that works.
Is Dilworth seriously considered the suburbs? Wow I felt like I could walk to the stadium from there. My whole point is Devine street seems like it belongs to the Shandon neighborhood, and it's hard to get rid of street parking in neighborhoods. Right next to skyscrapers, sure, but in town neighborhoods not really seeing how that works.
Yes, Dilworth is a suburb of Charlotte. The central business district shouldn't have street parking but surrounding areas, it's still okay. Assembly is overcrowded with cars. The point is to reduce cars as much as possible in city center. But right now socially thats not a appealing idea, to columbia at least, so parking garages are the best bet as the cities central business district grows.
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