Recent content by kora

Any chance we're still getting a post-secondary school on that block?

The Richardson St. example is more like the Kensington context. The Vancouver St. example is more applicable to how we can change the Beltline for the better. When I think about it, the Beaulieu Gardens park already provides a great example of what could be. 6 Street was shut off between 13 and...

The language around 1d is so opaque ... "to the satisfaction of the City". I know this allows for flexibility and negotiation, but it's a weak policy in my opinion. What if we started saying provide building height and building setbacks to the satisfaction of the City. It means nothing and...

They did this successfully in Victoria and it radically reduced car traffic on the street. Local access for cars was unaffected. On Vancouver St and Richardson St they deadended the street for cars and replaced it with a small plaza of sorts in the middle of the street complete with sidewalks...

I'm in Victoria now and they're insisting on these things, but they are still pretty weak and usually last for a short period of time. This one building offers free bus passes for all units, but only for 1 person per unit, and only for 3 years. So if you have 2 or 3 people needing the bus pass...

An extension into Sunalta has additional benefits. It improves coverage for Sunalta and Bankview residents and visitors

Did they offer free transit passes or bikes or car share or whatever?

Does this one have any parking spaces?

The scope for these lanes is too short. I would have extended to Macleod Trail in the east and to at least 16 Street in the west, which would then connect "wheelers" to Sunalta Station on 16 Street.

Those concrete islands are awful. They could have used more attractive barriers such as planters

The Elephant and the Hare?

13th Avenue really looks like a greenway in that picture. It's too bad they cancelled the greenway streetscape redevelopment project beyond 4th Street. Serious lack of initiative in remaking our downtown streets in this city. The inner city has moved beyond the car, yet street cross sections...

I would advocate for new names, rather than historic ones. Or at least a mix. Redmile Avenue. Scarth sounds too aggressive. Atlantic is weird because we're nowhere close to the Atlantic ocean.

I wish we had wider right-of-ways. Some of the best streets in the world are car sewers with super wide sidewalks

Yeah, pretty hostile streetscape for pedestrians all around