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Santa Cruz City Council Decides on Downtown Garage
At their meeting on Sept. 9, the City Council will decide whether fund the initial design for a 5-story garage at Cedar/Cathcart. Plans for the garage have stimulated proposals for greener solutions to customer parking, with a focus on supporting the downtown workforce to use alternative transportation to commute to work.
At their meeting on Sept. 9, the City Council will decide whether fund the initial design for a 5-story garage at Cedar/Cathcart. The garage will displace the Downtown Farmers Market. The Campaign for Sensible Transportation is proposing that the City implement less costly and greener alternatives to building the garage. These alternatives are recommended in a 2003 report commissioned by the City called the Master Transportation Study. That study recommends that downtown employees be given incentives not to drive to work, including free bus passes, emergency taxi vouchers, credit at bike stores, and cash. The study cites examples from other cities in which such measures have substantially reduced car trips. To date, the City has not implemented the recommendations in the study.
On Sept 3, City Council Candidates will face the garage issue at a Candidate Night on Sustainable Transportation, at Louden Nelson Center, 7-8:30pm.
On Sept 3, City Council Candidates will face the garage issue at a Candidate Night on Sustainable Transportation, at Louden Nelson Center, 7-8:30pm.
For more information:
http://www.sensibletransportation.org
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