Pinthouse Pizza
Support Lack of Parking
RECEIVED Tue., March 15, 2011
Dear Editor,
Sadly the city of Austin is still schizophrenic when it comes to transportation policy. It speaks of noble concepts such as sustainability and mass transit.
However when it come to city ordinances, it’s the automobile all the way. Requiring Casa de Luz [“Have Customers, Need Macrobiotic Parking,” News, March 11] to provide off-street parking is just the latest example. Even if a business wants to cater to walkers, bikers, and bus riders, city ordinances don’t allow it. If the city is really serious about sustainability, it should grant tax abatements to businesses that do not provide parking.
Sadly the city of Austin is still schizophrenic when it comes to transportation policy. It speaks of noble concepts such as sustainability and mass transit.
However when it come to city ordinances, it’s the automobile all the way. Requiring Casa de Luz [“Have Customers, Need Macrobiotic Parking,” News, March 11] to provide off-street parking is just the latest example. Even if a business wants to cater to walkers, bikers, and bus riders, city ordinances don’t allow it. If the city is really serious about sustainability, it should grant tax abatements to businesses that do not provide parking.
Philip Russell