Optimizing Downtown Parking And Transit

"Urban planners estimate that downtown needs at least 10,000 more spaces in the right locations to assist redevelopment. At an average cost of $11,000 per space, those garages would cost upward of $110 million.On a separate track, transit officials -- responding to four voter rejections of light-rail proposals -- are focusing attention on a less expensive alternative known as "bus rapid transit" to offer an alternative to the automobile. Estimated cost: about $60 million."