12-17-2020, 08:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-17-2020, 08:39 AM by GarthDanlor.)
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No offense, but I view this comment the same way I view realtor ads boasting a high walk score which fail to take into consideration the basic aspects of the environment. Pretty much all of the "walkable" (I really debate this too, beyond 10 minutes is pushing the definition, at least for me) shops are on Fairway, a notoriously terrible place to be a pedestrian. The way we build bridges in this city, like Block Line, is unpleasant too. At least this one has a "bike lane" to provide a small buffer for pedestrians.
I dunno, in my mind a transit oriented community must be an equally walkable neighbourhood to succeed, and this just doesn't do it for me. If it does for other people, then I hope they enjoy living there, it just confuses me.
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Definitely not an add or endorsement for the area, really just reacting to your car comment. Simply that you could live here without a car with more ease than most areas in the region, as you have bus and rail transit at your front door and you do have walkable retail, restaurant, grocery & service destinations within 20 minutes. Damning with faint praise really. There is no doubt that Fairway is an unpleasant place to walk, cycle or drive. I do however live in a neighborhood on the periphery of downtown, which is also say 10 to 20 minutes walk depending on which side of Downtown you are walking to and I find that easily walkable in terms of time/distance.
(12-16-2020, 02:05 PM)GarthDanlor Wrote: Also, a 10 minute walk will get you to Food Basics and all the retail there and about 20 minutes walk will get you to Fairview Mall or No Frills for that matter. Not a scenic or pleasant walk but better walkable retail, restaurants and services than in most areas of the local cities.
No offense, but I view this comment the same way I view realtor ads boasting a high walk score which fail to take into consideration the basic aspects of the environment. Pretty much all of the "walkable" (I really debate this too, beyond 10 minutes is pushing the definition, at least for me) shops are on Fairway, a notoriously terrible place to be a pedestrian. The way we build bridges in this city, like Block Line, is unpleasant too. At least this one has a "bike lane" to provide a small buffer for pedestrians.
I dunno, in my mind a transit oriented community must be an equally walkable neighbourhood to succeed, and this just doesn't do it for me. If it does for other people, then I hope they enjoy living there, it just confuses me.
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Definitely not an add or endorsement for the area, really just reacting to your car comment. Simply that you could live here without a car with more ease than most areas in the region, as you have bus and rail transit at your front door and you do have walkable retail, restaurant, grocery & service destinations within 20 minutes. Damning with faint praise really. There is no doubt that Fairway is an unpleasant place to walk, cycle or drive. I do however live in a neighborhood on the periphery of downtown, which is also say 10 to 20 minutes walk depending on which side of Downtown you are walking to and I find that easily walkable in terms of time/distance.