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I think you get the point.
Actually, I'm not sure I do get your point. Is parking poorly managed currently, yes, but there is an overabundance of available parking spots currently. If anyone thinks downtown lacks parking, then that is good evidence to that fact.
A couple very telling thoughts from Donald Shoup, a professor of urban planning at University of California-Los Angeles, said in an October visit to Des Moines that the city doesn't lack parking spaces.
For anyone like me that geeks on this type of stuff, Dr Shoup is well-known as one of the leading experts in the country if not the world on this topic: He literally has written the book on parking in urban areas. https://www.shoupdogg.com/publications/
So he studies and researches this topic based on cities all over the world and he's in Des Moines thsi fall andd has this impression....
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...ramps-begin-charging-park-saturday/873651001/"I don’t think I’ve seen a city with so many parking structures," Shoup said.
After a tour of the city, Shoup said he was "astonished" at entire blocks where not one car was parked.