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On Parking
Dec. 21st, 2018 12:14 pmI had occasion to go to a holiday lunch the other day near where I work. The lunch was held at a restaurant in Rosemont which was attached to a large office complex. I discovered that parking in Rosemont is worse than in downtown Chicago (the Loop, for non-locals).
The first reason is mass transit, or lack thereof. There are a lot of people who work in the Loop. Due to mass transit, most of them don't usually need a place to park. Not so in Rosemont, which is not mass-transit friendly. There everybody needs to drive.
The second reason is a corollary of the first. In the Loop, pretty much every parking garage is open to the public. One has to pay and sometimes a given lot fills up, but if you see a lot, you can usually get in. In Rosemont, the buildings have to offer free parking for the tenants. That means large parking structures that are only open to people with a key card.
No real profound thoughts here, just an observation.
The first reason is mass transit, or lack thereof. There are a lot of people who work in the Loop. Due to mass transit, most of them don't usually need a place to park. Not so in Rosemont, which is not mass-transit friendly. There everybody needs to drive.
The second reason is a corollary of the first. In the Loop, pretty much every parking garage is open to the public. One has to pay and sometimes a given lot fills up, but if you see a lot, you can usually get in. In Rosemont, the buildings have to offer free parking for the tenants. That means large parking structures that are only open to people with a key card.
No real profound thoughts here, just an observation.
