09-19-2019, 07:27 AM
taylortbb, you nailed it with your comments about what it takes to get people walking. And the implications for any potential Bramm Street development now, while Victoria South is still not very hospitable to people on foot.
I have a coworker who moved into 100 Victoria back in the summer or thereabouts. He moved from a suburban area of some other city. I asked him whether he's ever taken the Ion (our workplace is close to a station). He hasn't, nor had he ever had reason to walk to King and Victoria. He estimated the walk to Central Station as being "at least ten minutes." 600 metres feels that way when walking past parking lots and long frontages with little street interaction, immediately adjacent to car traffic going 60 or 70 km/h.
I have a coworker who moved into 100 Victoria back in the summer or thereabouts. He moved from a suburban area of some other city. I asked him whether he's ever taken the Ion (our workplace is close to a station). He hasn't, nor had he ever had reason to walk to King and Victoria. He estimated the walk to Central Station as being "at least ten minutes." 600 metres feels that way when walking past parking lots and long frontages with little street interaction, immediately adjacent to car traffic going 60 or 70 km/h.