In the 11/4/14 Times Union Ian Klepetar, “Mr. Bicycle Benefits,” bemoaned the public funding of more parking for people in cars in downtown Saratoga – not only is it more parking but 5 ugly stories of it.
Sadly this is in a community with one of the few walkable downtowns in the area with plenty of on-street parking nearby . . . a city that depends on people walking for its business vitality, that experiences most of its parking demand during walkable/rideable weather, and that hosts a vibrant bicycle advocacy group – Bikeatoga.
It’s too bad that a fraction of what a parking garage will cost cannot be pumped into facilities for people on bicycles and on foot. As always, every new bicycle on the road is one more parking place, one fewer car at the red light, one less chance to get killed, and a ton less crap in the air.
Albany Bicycle Coalition 