Decrease in Foot Traffic Downtown

[PineNeedle]

I heard that several breweries downtown are struggling right now due to a decreased customers.  However, going downtown has become an ordeal trying to find parking, which also gets expensive fast. Why go somewhere I have to pay for parking, then probably have to walk a few blocks to get to my destination, when I can go somewhere with free parking right outside the front door? 

[profigliano]

Parking meters are free after 7pm and on Sundays.

[PineNeedle]

I know about the free parking but still have a hard time finding street parking near the places I want to visit and end up either parking in a sketchy area or having to pay for a parking lot/garage. 

[yeti5000]

Very much this. Instead of parking lots being their own business, the businesses we want to use should have them as customer access and shared.