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Originally Posted by GGG
I want to get rid of cars so that Banff is more walkable. There will be a plebiscite in August on the pedestrian zone on Banff ave in the summers. Essentially the town council passed a motion to make it permanent and then a group petitioned to undo that decision so now there will be a plebiscite.
If it were me I’d further expand the car free zones and restrict external car access. It would make Bamff better
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100%. Whistler is a chic and soulless hellhole (similar to Banff...), but it's awesome. Because there are no ####ing cars.
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Originally Posted by Shazam
I don't think it'd make any difference at all.
Banff is already walkable. It's tiny. You can walk from one end of Banff to the other in about an hour. What more do you want?
Banff has one main road.
The "group" that undid the ped zone was Parks Canada.
Do you even go anywhere? You seem to have absolutely no idea how things really are.
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IIRC Parks Canada just said the ped zone could not be used for commercial purposes, like patios. Which I understand to some degree, though I'm not convinced it's the best way to throttle visitors compared to pricing mechanisms on vehicles/parking.
Banff has several streets. It only has one bridge for vehicles to get to the south side. The fatties are still going to have to walk a couple hundred meters if they manage to get a spot at the Gondola/Springs...they'd be better off getting dropped right at the doorstep.