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Originally Posted by FurnaceFace
As I recall, Jimmy has it correct, feeder buses. Mrs. Furnace was on the committee for the station near us (Shaganappi) and parking wasn't really a consideration given, as Jimmy also said, the areas are established. It would have cost an awful lot to buy up part of a community to pave it...plus the hue and cry from that would have been immense. The expectation is people in the areas are generally close enough to walk or bike to a station or take a feeder. There is ample bike parking at Shag, it's even covered! It does appear they attempted to place stations at somewhat strategic spots get get the largest catch possible. I would imagine if AMA were to move, that area would become parking.
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Fair points. Yeah the more minor stops like Shag Point, 45th Street, etc, I get why they don't offer parking. I guess my complaint has more to do with specifically Westbrook station; a large, central hub, built on a bit of a land island with plenty of unused space. For Somerset riders, it's the equivalent of Anderson station providing zero public parking spots. Like, seriously??
When I first started taking that train just under 3 years ago, I saw that massive dirt patch right beside the station and figured "Meh, it's a new station. That's where the new parking spots are probably going to go". But here we are 3 years later, and it's still just a dirt patch. I figured the City was being laid back about looking the other way on parking in the back empty corner of Wal-Mart parking lot right by the station in a "we know we goofed with the parking situation" kind of way. But judging by the $40 City-issued ticket I received on Friday, that's not the case.
Just seems like not much thought was put into parking for such a central transit hub, or worse yet, no thought at all. It's just kind of weird to me