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daybeers t1_jbevxfy wrote

Reply to comment by eddie964 in New Haven restaurants facing fines for outdoor dining by YankeeinNCandIhateit

Honestly, I'm glad it's more difficult for you to find a street parking spot; that's extremely valuable land that's being taken up for storage for a couch, a couple recliners, a sound system, and some cupholders 🤷🏻‍♂️

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eddie964 t1_jbfgzpz wrote

We can have a long discussion about the difference between how people ought to behave and how they actually do behave. We live in a car-centric society; I'd love to be more like Copenhagen, but for the foreseeable future, we have to play the cards as they lay.

There is a role for street parking, just like there is a role for garages, bike lanes, pedestrian throughways, outdoor dining, etc. Frankly, I think we use our downtown streets inefficiently. I'd like to see more of all of the above.

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daybeers t1_jbfstph wrote

Then let's have that long discussion. I agree there's a place for everything you mentioned to a point, but the city has thousands and thousands of unused spaces. The area these take up isn't nearly as large as, say, Hartford, but it's still a big portion of the city's most valuable land. There are strides being made, but it's not enough yet.

There's no reason New Haven couldn't lead the charge in vision zero and safe streets in its class of mid-sized cities.

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