Canadian 001
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As in 121 street becoming a Pedestrian Street
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TAS
Senior Member
IanO
Superstar
121st is a pretty important multi-use N/S link.
Calm it sure, but IMO it needs to be open to a variety of movement options.
Calm it sure, but IMO it needs to be open to a variety of movement options.
Tropical
Active Member
Agree that it's important. Disagree that retaining a single vehicle lane is superior to the full park option.
buildings
Active Member
first I've heard about this proposal..it would be transformational for the Oliver neighbourhood basically extending Paul Kane park.
Barnaby
Senior Member
90% sure this is being allowed because with the VLW, vehicles will no longer be able to turn left at 104th ave. 124th and 119th St become the defacto N/S collectors
I get what you're saying, but that's no longer true starting next summer at the latest.
Greenspace
Senior Member
Interesting observation. Curious how the area reacts to this proposal.
Didama
Active Member
Haha I was just scrolling down wondering when IanO would pipe in to defend cars... and here it is.
I love this proposal and I don't see any real reason not to shut it down for cars. It's not an important north/south connector, come on. There is so little traffic on this street because basically all you can do is connect from Jasper to 104 Ave which you can do one block west or one block east (and virtually every other block).
Let's get this done. Ian can get that vibrancy feeling from his precious traffic elsewhere ;-)
Gronk!
Senior Member
To be fair, the new LRT line will take away most of the intersections on 104 Ave. 121 St will be one intersection that remains, and is required for access to the Brewery District and the residences north of 104 Ave. There is only 1 block between 102 Ave and 103 Ave that will be car-free, it's not like the entirety of 121 St will be that way. One can always navigate through the neighborhood to get to 121 St north of 103 Ave.
Clearshades
Senior Member
Like Paul Kane is so busy that no one bothers to use it, so let us built another one to maintain that "non-usage" momentum.
Barnaby
Senior Member
Paul Kane Park is one of the better used parks in the city.
archited
Senior Member
This guy's shades are not all that clear -- she -- @Clearshades -- just likes to ramble on without ever saying much.
fromyeg
Active Member
As part of the Strathcona Neighbourhood Renewal there were plans to turn sections of 98 St into linear parks and close them to traffic. Part of the idea was to reduce people shortcutting through the neighbourhood.
Apparently there was significant pushback. Not sure all the details, but there were the usual “concerns” about emergency vehicle access.
Now there are two sections reduced to a single lane of vehicle traffic and some added benches, trees etc. Definite improvement from before, but not as nice as if they took the full step and closed the section to traffic.
Let’s hope this goes through in Wîhkwêntôwin!
(Also let’s hope something moves ahead on the Jameson site. I biked by the hole recently and it made me sad.
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Apparently there was significant pushback. Not sure all the details, but there were the usual “concerns” about emergency vehicle access.
Now there are two sections reduced to a single lane of vehicle traffic and some added benches, trees etc. Definite improvement from before, but not as nice as if they took the full step and closed the section to traffic.
Let’s hope this goes through in Wîhkwêntôwin!
(Also let’s hope something moves ahead on the Jameson site. I biked by the hole recently and it made me sad.
)Clearshades
Senior Member
For dog runs.
supplanter
Active Member
Huh? It is well used. I'd argue this would make the park even more permeable by integrating the active thoroughfare into the greenspace.