Downtown Tacoma Parking

As a Tacoma resident for all of a week now, I feel fully qualified to throw in my $0.02 regarding parking in the downtown area. You see, there's all these shiny new condos and town houses up around Yakima Ave. and 25th (with more on the way) and downtown is just a little too far away to walk. Especially the going back part, after hours, uphill, drunk.

I'm all for the idea of streetcars. Maybe one that goes up 25th, across Yakima, and down 21st? Is that too much to ask? And maybe some moving sidewalks to get me to the station...