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DP.  But Bethesda won't.  Bethesda relies to a significant degree on people who cannot walk there. There simply aren't enough people in walking distance to sustain the vibrant area we seem to all want. If it got to the point that people 2 mikes from Bethesda really didn't go there, Bethesda could not sustain itself.

Look at this way, Bethesda garages are currently packed with people throughout the week and weekend.  Those thousands and thousands of people are all shopping, eating, working, etc.  If parking were curtailed so that only half that number could come into Bethesda, you really don't think that would have an adverse impact?[/quote]

This is a circular argument. There has to be parking because people drive to get to downtown Bethesda so there has to be parking because people drive to get to downtown Bethesda so...

Lots of people ALREADY don't drive in downtown Bethesda. After the Purple Line opens, and more housing in downtown Bethesda gets built, even more people won't drive in downtown Bethesda. [b]We want people to be in downtown Bethesda without driving.[/b] So why would we keep building parking that encourages people to be in downtown Bethesda with driving?

You can have a dense urban place, or you can have a place with lots of easy parking that people drive to, but you can't have both.[/quote]

YOU.  Not equal to WE.

I live 1 1/52miles away.  I am not taking a bus to dinner/shopping/lugging bags of purchases home.   Sorry.[/quote]

You are not representative of the universe.  Most people realize this at age 6.   We already read your posts that you barely go into Bethesda because you find the parking so onerous (it's really not).[/quote]

Do really not see the irony in your post?  You berate PP for thinking she is representative of the universe, while you did the exact same thing saying "we" want people to be in downtown Bethesda without driving, assuming your perspective and worldview are representative of the universe.

Obviously neither view point is universal.  But you seem to be missing two things.  First, PP's views, while not universal, are hardly unique.  Lots of people live a few miles from Bethesda with very limited public transit options and most of these people would not come to Bethesda without available parking.  Second, you don't need there to be anywhere near a universal adoption of PP's viewpoint to cause tremendous damage to Bethesda and its businesses.  If even 20% of current Bethesda customers would not come without parking, most businesses would be in major trouble.
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