Comments on: Free parking is a great equalizer, paying for spots in Balboa Park is not http://www.lajollalight.com/2012/07/25/free-parking-is-a-great-equalizer-paying-for-spots-in-balboa-park-is-not/ Enlightening La Jolla since 1913 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:40:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: James http://www.lajollalight.com/2012/07/25/free-parking-is-a-great-equalizer-paying-for-spots-in-balboa-park-is-not/#comment-249282 James Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:00:28 +0000 http://www.lajollalight.com/?p=92111#comment-249282 You're right they should make the new structure free to park. You're right they should make the new structure free to park.

]]> By: Derek http://www.lajollalight.com/2012/07/25/free-parking-is-a-great-equalizer-paying-for-spots-in-balboa-park-is-not/#comment-249278 Derek Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:38:59 +0000 http://www.lajollalight.com/?p=92111#comment-249278 If a parking garage is mostly full at all times (never completely full and never less than half empty) and still doesn't pay for itself, that's pretty definitive proof that the market is flooded with excess parking. The proposed parking garage isn't needed. After removing parking from the Plaza de Panama, all that's needed to prevent a parking shortage is to price the remaining parking spaces in Balboa Park just high enough that they stay mostly full at all times. Some parking areas never get close to full and therefore can remain free. If a parking garage is mostly full at all times (never completely full and never less than half empty) and still doesn't pay for itself, that's pretty definitive proof that the market is flooded with excess parking.

The proposed parking garage isn't needed. After removing parking from the Plaza de Panama, all that's needed to prevent a parking shortage is to price the remaining parking spaces in Balboa Park just high enough that they stay mostly full at all times. Some parking areas never get close to full and therefore can remain free.

]]> By: Dan Soderberg http://www.lajollalight.com/2012/07/25/free-parking-is-a-great-equalizer-paying-for-spots-in-balboa-park-is-not/#comment-248679 Dan Soderberg Sun, 29 Jul 2012 07:15:50 +0000 http://www.lajollalight.com/?p=92111#comment-248679 People will NOT pay to park when free parking is available. You need to look no further than Balboa Park's neighbor North Park and their parking building. It is not paying for itself. In San Francisco Golden Gate Park has a parking building not paying for itself. The proposed Organ Pavilion paid parking building will be a taxpayer liability, and the Independent Budget Analyst concurs. Sherri Lightner is the only Councilmember who looked at the facts of this proposal without being dazzled by the public relations hype and power politics behind it. She also understands her sworn obligation to uphold the law. When the Jacobs proposal is struck down in Court for the many laws it violates, Councilmember Lightner's wisdom will stand in sharp contrast with those who put San Diego taxpayers at risk by voting for the plan. People will NOT pay to park when free parking is available. You need to look no further than Balboa Park's neighbor North Park and their parking building. It is not paying for itself. In San Francisco Golden Gate Park has a parking building not paying for itself. The proposed Organ Pavilion paid parking building will be a taxpayer liability, and the Independent Budget Analyst concurs.

Sherri Lightner is the only Councilmember who looked at the facts of this proposal without being dazzled by the public relations hype and power politics behind it.

She also understands her sworn obligation to uphold the law. When the Jacobs proposal is struck down in Court for the many laws it violates, Councilmember Lightner's wisdom will stand in sharp contrast with those who put San Diego taxpayers at risk by voting for the plan.

]]> By: Derek http://www.lajollalight.com/2012/07/25/free-parking-is-a-great-equalizer-paying-for-spots-in-balboa-park-is-not/#comment-248246 Derek Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:11:27 +0000 http://www.lajollalight.com/?p=92111#comment-248246 The only reason people circulate looking for free parking is because there's no middle tier between $5 parking and free parking. At the right time and place, people will pay 25 cents an hour for parking, even if free parking exists but is a farther walk away. The only reason people circulate looking for free parking is because there's no middle tier between $5 parking and free parking. At the right time and place, people will pay 25 cents an hour for parking, even if free parking exists but is a farther walk away.

]]> By: @SanDiego2015 http://www.lajollalight.com/2012/07/25/free-parking-is-a-great-equalizer-paying-for-spots-in-balboa-park-is-not/#comment-248066 @SanDiego2015 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:00:55 +0000 http://www.lajollalight.com/?p=92111#comment-248066 The City's non-profit for the Centennial will remove 3 Free Parking areas: Lower Inspiration Point, President's Way/Park Blvd., and the Palisades. All venues underneath Lindbergh Field's flight path. The projected attendance to Balboa Park will increase from 10 million/year (60% Zoo) to 20 million. Who will benefit? Tourism, hotels, Park institutions/leaseholders, the non-profit. Permanent changes as a result? None. The City's non-profit for the Centennial will remove 3 Free Parking areas: Lower Inspiration Point, President's Way/Park Blvd., and the Palisades. All venues underneath Lindbergh Field's flight path. The projected attendance to Balboa Park will increase from 10 million/year (60% Zoo) to 20 million. Who will benefit? Tourism, hotels, Park institutions/leaseholders, the non-profit. Permanent changes as a result? None.

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