[Neighbors] Parking just one victim of the "anti-auto" faction

[bluet-78504 at mypacks.net]

Hi Jean,
 
Good point about working effectively behind the scenes.
 
I'd be willing to volunteer on two (2) teams:
1. Analyze actual availability/non-availability of parking (by block and street) in our quasi post-pandemic period.
2. Apply for an "infrastructure grant" to pilot a "smart parking" app, for local drivers to find available parking spaces in real-time, much like ParkMobile locates parking lots with spaces. Expected benefits: Minimized hunting for a closer spot'; minimized noise and exhaust pollution from roaming cars on our neighborhood streets; and maximize use of existing spaces.
 
Ideas?
 
Juan
 
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jean Bernstein 
>Sent: Apr 16, 2022 10:00 AM
>To: bluet-78504 at mypacks.net 
>Cc: neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com 
>Subject: Re: [Neighbors] Parking just one victim of the "anti-auto" faction
 
>J, All,
>Great observations, suggestions about the district’s parking.
 
>A number of years ago, a CABQ Zoning Hearing Examiner told me to think of the City as a massive, blind elephant that only makes moves based on which direction it feels poking from. Since then, think of >how many different Mayors, Councilors, various officials of different political affiliations and transportation ideologies have been in charge of our district’s future.
>Why I started writing again was to hopefully get the residents and businesses meeting and organizing around positive decisions ahead of the City’s knee jerk (re)actions. What I’ve seen is skirmishes >conducted online which lead to NO action - ever.
 
>But In the end, the ones that get what they want have worked quietly behind the scenes and we only find out about what they engineered after it’s done.
 
>This influx of new businesses and housing present a great opportunity for upgrade to the area. Almost all of these projects are high dollar and the developers behind them are quality operators - let’s support >them and use this opportunity to find ways to enhance our district!
 
>Jean
 
 
>Sent from my iPhone
 
> On Apr 16, 2022, at 7:32 AM, J. Smith via Neighbors_nobhill-nm wrote:
>
> I've followed the commentary as each small business license application in our neighborhood's "mixed use" areas comes up for discussion. Some comments are very telling, such as the City being anti-parking structure because they do not generate revenue for it. At least they're being honest. This is the same City that installed parking meters on our side streets all along Central in Nob Hill to generate revenue for itself. It's good to have priorities. It's useful to look beyond the hysteria that any new liquor or cannabis license is a threat to our children, our neighborhood, and civilization as we know it. Remember when the "antis" opposed the needed parking structure on UNM's campus for years? We had students parking on all our neighborhood streets and the City's response was to add signage saying "for residents only".
> The "aniti-auto" forces are real, from the Zero Vision movement poised to control federal funding to our municipalities, to groups opposing adequate parking like those whose links have been posted here (Strong Towns).
>
> There need not be uncompromising, diametrically-opposed sides. Thriving small business can be a key component of thriving neighborhoods. If CABQ lacks the vision then voters should share examples of what is working in other communities with similar (never identical) circumstances and values.
>
> Juan
>
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