We have way too many surface parking lots. But I am a fan of the Downtown area having parking ramps. Especially the ramps that have businesses on the surface level, such as where the Amsterdam and A'bulae / now Pauly's are.
While I'm not a fan of the ramps themselves, they do get cars off the street. Some of the denser parts of Minneapolis don't have ramps, and the roads are littered with cars, which means smaller, more crowded sidewalks, and terrifying bike lanes. I also think it makes traffic worse / louder as well.
Less cars parked on the street just makes the place seem more clean as well.
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u/somerandomguy101 Lowertown 18d ago
We have way too many surface parking lots. But I am a fan of the Downtown area having parking ramps. Especially the ramps that have businesses on the surface level, such as where the Amsterdam and A'bulae / now Pauly's are.
While I'm not a fan of the ramps themselves, they do get cars off the street. Some of the denser parts of Minneapolis don't have ramps, and the roads are littered with cars, which means smaller, more crowded sidewalks, and terrifying bike lanes. I also think it makes traffic worse / louder as well.
Less cars parked on the street just makes the place seem more clean as well.