Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
What they really need is some area, ideally in the pedway area, pictures of different special moments in Oiler history. There needs to be more things that everyone can see whenever they like.
I think you’ve actually kind of highlighted a very important issue. People see the surface parking and don’t understand that there is underground parking. I think that’s a big problem. If you just only had underground parking, people would actually use it. We need to teach Edmontonians how to park underground. When I talk to my suburban friends, they literally describe it like some Herculean task. Hopefully the Ice District parkade will do some of this. People’s inability to understand parkades is how, in EDMONTON, of all places, people still think there is no parking downtown. Our downtown is almost entirely parking.The Brewery District is great. I have parked both underground and above level. It depends where I am going, how long , the season and the weather, etc...
I think two of the reasons for having the underground parking are to allow for a smaller surface parking area so there can be more retail and to make it attractive in colder or poor weather.
I also suspect some people see the surface parking and don't even realize the underground parking is free and unrestricted.
and you would think that, with the whole extreme cold + snow thing, people would actually PREFER parking underground in Edmonton.I think you’ve actually kind of highlighted a very important issue. People see the surface parking and don’t understand that there is underground parking. I think that’s a big problem. If you just only had underground parking, people would actually use it. We need to teach Edmontonians how to park underground. When I talk to my suburban friends, they literally describe it like some Herculean task. Hopefully the Ice District parkade will do some of this. People’s inability to understand parkades is how, in EDMONTON, of all places, people still think there is no parking downtown. Our downtown is almost entirely parking.
Here, fixed it for you.Safety, the inconvenience of wrapping around and around and around for ingress/egress is often seen as a pain andhumanEdmontonian nature is line of sight.
Brewery District's parking lot is a good example to be followed, then. Well lit, lots of exits and stairs, cameras... Ice District's is just as good. These are, generally, easy fixes and do not justify the out-of-the-norm aversion that Edmontonians have to underground parking.^^^^ For dimly lit under-gound parking, the safety issue is not so much cars being broken into it is people (especially women) being assaulted.
OH yeah, there's really nothing to dislike about it, as far as underground parking garages are concerned. It's also easily 50% empty all of the time, which further supports the notion that the surface parking was never needed.Brewery District's parking lot is a good example to be followed, then. Well lit, lots of exits and stairs, cameras... Ice District's is just as good. These are, generally, easy fixes and do not justify the out-of-the-norm aversion that Edmontonians have to underground parking.
Again, Edmontonian drivers are unique. These vehicles fit in underground parking all around the globe, but apparently, in their minds, ours are built by dwarves.Most people, especially with larger trucks and SUVs, probably assume their vehicle won't fit and thus avoid all underground parking like the plague.