Commuters try to do the right thing, by parking their car and taking the train to jobs in Seattle. But the cars left behind - especially in Puyallup - take up parking spaces that the city's Main Street Association say are vital to downtown growth and commerce. The city wants to end Sound Transit's lease on several of the spaces, and give them back to use for downtown activities. But this will cause strain for those who are driving into town to take the train. It's a neverending quagmire. The issue repeats itself in Sumner and Auburn too, where hundreds of people leave their cars and hit the rails.
Since parking is static, the first thought for many is a parking garage for the downtown area to handle the cars. Problem is, Puyallup doesn't want them. Hopefully the city and Sound Transit can come to some understanding because that would be quite an impasse if parking garages aren't an option to handle the ever-increasing commuters. With gas prices the way they are, parking will become even more of an issue as the year goes on.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/353103.html
Thursday, May 8, 2008
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How much parking is available at the South Hill Transit Center? Any possibility of trying a Rapid Bus out between the Center and the Puyallup Station? Also, is the fairgrounds parking lots available?
ReplyDeleteNow this is one case where there is a silver lining to complaints made by critics of Sound Transit. If they are having parking problems at stations, it means the service is getting used.
My thoughts exactly. Overcrowded parking means the trains are doing their job.
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