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LinkPizza posted...

I think my main problem is probably the cost. It would cost a lot.

There's a front-end investment, but there are tons of savings and additional revenue opportunities to be had once it's implemented. Remember that roads and parking lots generate little to no tax revenue except what they indirectly enable by letting people get to stores and whatnot (and that benefit can be obtained without cars if things are designed properly). Replace parking space with pretty much anything else, and you'll see more money for the city. Fewer people driving means less road maintenance, fewer costs associated with the dangers of driving (both direct costs and costs in the form of lost tax revenue from those that are disabled/killed), and people that are generally more productive because they don't carry nearly as much commuting stress into their work.

The fact of the matter is that suburban sprawl is expensive. Property taxes on large single-family lots don't come anywhere close to covering the cost of maintaining the infrastructure that's necessary for people to drive to/from them, which means suburbs end up subsidized by tax revenue generated by urban centres (who, in turn, have their potential tax revenue hamstrung by the need to devote huge tracts of land to transporting suburbanites in to spend their money). It's just not a sustainable model, so as much as switching gears is expensive, it stands a very high chance of saving quite a lot of money in the long run.

LinkPizza posted...

As for the bike garage, Id literally lose my bike every time. Haha. I can barely find my car in those parking garages, even knowing the section I was in

Not being Dutch, I can't speak for exactly how they work, but I imagine you'd either rent an assigned spot or be given some sort of ticket that told you where you were parked. Either way, you wouldn't simply be left to remember where you parked with no assistance, since obviously that's not a very practical idea.