(09-22-2020, 10:15 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: On a related note, does anybody know what traffic is like on King St. in downtown lately, with it closed between Francis and Water?

I ask because one alternative to full closure is to close a block at each end of the proposed closure zone. This eliminates through traffic and therefore has a possibility of enormously reducing motor vehicle traffic without actually banning it. I know that I used to regularly drive on King  St.; but now I use Charles. This is somewhat similar to King St. in Toronto, where a long segment through downtown requires non-streetcar motor vehicles to turn at most intersections, eliminating through traffic (and freeing up the street for the streetcars).

(09-22-2020, 10:46 PM)Momo26 Wrote: That's a good point. Ontario to Francis is 75% delivery traffic right now...one has to snake through Uber Eats and DoorDash cars on each side. If delivery isn't an option for them during COVID, you can kiss these small businesses goodbye.

There's a lot that can and needs to be done to bring DTK into the vision many on this board, myself included, have. Are Kitchener reps actively and aggressively seeking out businesses (meaning jobs and people) to Kitchener in general? I hope this isn't limited to the folks who wear those DTK shirts walking around handing out the magazines haha

(09-22-2020, 12:45 PM)ac3r Wrote:

(09-21-2020, 09:45 PM)CedarHillAlum Wrote: The King Street pedestrian mall idea was tried back in the 1960s / 70s timeframe. I don't recall the official verdict but it seems to me that if it had been successful, it would still be in place.

Are you talking about the "King Street bubble" concept they had back then? I don't know the city history completely, so I'm unaware of King Street being pedestrian at any point.

   

(09-23-2020, 07:27 AM)jamincan Wrote: Couldn't delivery companies use rear entrances?

(09-23-2020, 08:12 AM)kitborn Wrote:

(09-22-2020, 12:45 PM)ac3r Wrote: Are you talking about the "King Street bubble" concept they had back then? I don't know the city history completely, so I'm unaware of King Street being pedestrian at any point.

Here is a photo from the 60's King Street. Partial closing except for buses. Taken at Young and King.

(09-23-2020, 09:40 AM)panamaniac Wrote:

(09-23-2020, 07:27 AM)jamincan Wrote: Couldn't delivery companies use rear entrances?

(09-23-2020, 08:12 AM)kitborn Wrote: Here is a photo from the 60's King Street. Partial closing except for buses. Taken at Young and King.

Except for the trolleys, iinm.

(09-23-2020, 12:54 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: Anyway, what we have now is basically that, except we have parking lanes, and implemented permanently rather than using paint and planters to mark off some of the former traffic lanes.