05-07-2019, 10:36 PM
(05-07-2019, 09:50 PM)jwilliamson Wrote:(05-07-2019, 06:04 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: I do wish active transportation (and transit) were improved in the area however. This is easily bikeable to Uptown and the University, but both are probably quite unpleasant and downright dangerous right now.
This site is currently served by the 5, 8, 12, 92 and 202. Only the 5 goes towards uptown and it runs every 30 minutes, but every other direction is fairly well served. Dawson is an okay route for biking to Uptown, as is Sunshine-Rec Centre-Laurel Trail. There's a path through Waterloo Park that meets Seagram just short of the main entrance to UW.
I was specifically thinking of service to uptown is very poor.
Additionally, this development does not abut Waterloo Park, it is close, but when one is at the Corner of Westmount and Erb, it is an oppressive environment that is unpleasant by food, and unsafe by bike to proceed towards uptown, the park, or the University. Possibly there may be connections through this development to Father David Bauer, which might improve access to the park and uptown, but I'm not holding my breath for it to be direct, safe, or well marked--the diagram doesn't even suggest there will be sidewalks.
The point is, Westmount and Erb are in desperate need of safe infrastructure.