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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with Allen. We shouldn’t be encouraging car use. People should think twice (Or thrice!) before driving. Why dedicate precious downtown space to parking?

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Focus that "people should think twice before driving" attitude on the regular commuters who drive into or within DC for work when they could take Metro.

Don't focus it on occasional or even regular Amtrak users who are already choosing the train over driving to NY or Wilmington or Richmond etc--but who may not live near Metro to get to the station, may not be able to get Ubers whenever and wherever to get to the station, etc. They ARE trying to stay off the road for their longer trips.

But many commuters who already live near enough to Metro to use it choose to drive instead. Work on getting THEM out of cars first. Their numbers are far greater than the numbers taking Amtrak each day. Provide parking spaces for Amtrak users who may need them but not for commuters who park at Union Station all day. Many Amtrak users will take Metro or cabs or Uber to get to the station, sure, but some (and the people who need to pick them up) will sometimes find that logistically difficult.

The Post article notes that of the garage's 2,200 spaces, about 1,400 are used by commuters. If that means commuters who are not using Amtrak but who are merely using the garage to park and then go to work--those are the people to push out. [/quote]

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