Parkside Urban Towns (née 83 Elmsdale Dr) | U/C

[tomh009]

In general, I agree that street interaction is good.  But Ottawa S is a busy four-lane road with high average speeds and few pedestrians.  Would street interaction really gain us much in this particular location?

I get what you're saying.  But if you take that mindset you're saying Ottawa Street as is, is just fine.

Well, no, it's not great -- but it is what it is, and changing this one project wouldn't make it fine, either.  The street interaction would be pretty useless given the traffic speeds and volumes.

I would rather focus street interaction/enhancement efforts (and intensification efforts in general) on the core downtown areas, rather than throwing darts at scattered suburban areas that are heavily car-focused (and difficult to change).  Downtown now is starting to have critical mass, it will take much longer to reach that in various suburban areas, and especially ones far away from the LRT.