Downtown Surface Parking

Surface parking lots are colored pink

A recent survey of downtown workers found inconvenient parking as a deterrent for spending leisure time downtown. This map shows the surface parking lots located in downtown not including parking garages. Given the vast acreage of parking lots that downtown already has, Rochester should look for an alternative solution to its parking problem. More parking garages will help with the quantity of parking spaces but are limited in their ability to help with parking convenience. Most of downtown's lots are on its periphery and most of the activity is in the center. A similar problem is faced by most college campuses; their solution is a shuttle bus system. Will this work for downtown? Maybe.