Only 17 Percent Drive to Downtown SF to Shop, Study Finds (Streetsblog)
Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 7:05am 1 comment (by rob)
In a complementary study conducted by the TA, 72 percent of business owners surveyed in commercial districts said they thought their customers drove alone to shop, while another 15 percent assume customers drove some of the time. Further TA data show that while commercial districts in high car ownership neighborhoods like West Portal see up to 41 percent driving shoppers, nothing comes close to the near 90 percent perception among business owners.
rob Friday, June 26, 2009 at 4:05pm
I suspect this has a lot to do with the self centered douche bagginess of the car owners. Undoubtedly when they are in these stores they are acting like the center of the universe and thereby distort the store owners perception of the prominence of suburban douche bags in his store.