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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
For 10th street:
- Train access right there less than two blocks away for all affected areas.
- Multiple pedestrian paths exist already provide walking access to bus stations.
- multiple exit points for residents through Kensington and Sunnyside.
- no businesses alongside 10th ave outside of Safeway have the need for huge delivery trucks. alley access from 3rd ave and from 9A street could be sufficient here. Deliveries already are being made this way to stores with back-door access.
People are also choosing to live on these arteries for the urban access. It would stand to reason more access via pedestrian means isn't going to waffle their needs here, particularly as the more modern developments have access to the side streets.
And don't the bulk of people already commute in from the remote suburbs by using more major roads like 14th, Crowchild, Bow Trail, and Edmonton Trail? Has 10th st become so congested it's beyond designed capacity?
Honestly, there's worse neighborhoods to remove car access (like Inglewood). How backed up is Kensington traffic now that Center street, 14th, or Crowchild couldn't be an option?
I just don't get the resistance to an overhaul. Piecemeal changes make side trimmings that don't move the needle IMO.
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You’re not proposing an overhaul, though.As I said, to make your idea work, you would actually need to change far, far more than closing a road or two. You’re proposing a different “piecemeal change” so why would it move the needle either?
How do you propose someone gets to the school, or the office buildings, or their condos, or really any of the buildings along Kensington, with Kensington and 10th closed?
Where are they parking? How far are they walking?