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app_priori t1_j22ca0a wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Md. offers $20 Lyft credit to encourage safe NYE rides home - WTOP News by speedymcpot

Some people are probably not in any condition to drive the car they parked at a Metro station after an alcohol binge over NYE.

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Rec0nMaster t1_j22gtfr wrote

Create an reliable bus network around each metro station, so people can get within walking distance of their homes without a car. When people have to drive 10 minutes just to park their car and change to a train, they’re just going to drive all the way instead. Both would need to run late on NYE for either to succeed.

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[deleted] t1_j23wyae wrote

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ComfortableInterest8 t1_j240hra wrote

How would people get to the stations that are further out though? Not enough people live within walking distance of every metro station.

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ComfortableInterest8 t1_j25mm71 wrote

Yeah, I think the issue is that city and metro planners weren’t coordinated and didn’t focus on the issues we’re facing today. So you just build stops to what you think are the appropriate places and call it a day. Especially since metros generally are built along highways which have seen more residential development. That probably means either a lot of eminent domain and big city housing projects or just pave a parking lot. I think we know what they picked lol

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ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j24zqb3 wrote

No one is saying no station should have parking, but an ocean of parking near every station definitely isn’t needed.

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ComfortableInterest8 t1_j25lbft wrote

“ocean of parking at every station”? It’s almost like they only put parking at stations that are clear commuter stops where people can’t walk as easily to a station. Unless I’ve been missing the Gallery Place parking ramp all these years?

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ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j25nlur wrote

Pretty much all the suburban stations minus a few have an ocean of parking. If the end of the line stations what some parking for the people living in true rural areas then that is fine. What isn’t fine is designing the system as a glorified parking lot shuttle. Building things around stations reduces the need for all that parking. We definitely need more affordable housing near metro I agree. We need to stop subsidizing the suburbs and the exurbs.

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ComfortableInterest8 t1_j25oze4 wrote

Yeah but if you’re talking about making all these housing developments at metro centers so that people don’t need cars then you need to build way more than just housing. You need grocers, restaurants, stores, schools all within walking distance or else it starts becoming inconvenient. And why do we need to “stop subsidizing the suburbs”? Everyone doesn’t want to live downtown, or can afford it. This city runs on people who live outside of downtown, and benefits from the metro being able to reach more people. It’s 100% not perfect but this also isn’t SIMS where you can just demo and build new cities at the snap of a finger

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ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j25tmyf wrote

Well if you want to live in the suburbs then you can, but the people downtown should be paying for it (this is how it works). We should be working on missing middle housing (that way people have choice other then high rise downtown or suburban McMansion). No one is saying to just bulldoze the suburbs, it will take time and people know this. We shouldn’t be building more sprawl. You really need to look up what urbanism really is. Sounds like you are getting some bad info about it.

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