08-07-2016, 01:25 AM
(08-06-2016, 05:40 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: So basically moving away from one long-standing goal in favour of another knowing full well it may mean longer walks from some people.
This does seem to be a goal of the plan, which is probably long term good, but short term, will be painful, and many will argue that this hurts certain groups of people, and they're likely right.
However, what is often missed in this, is that long term, what is best for everyone, is to make the city more walkable, have less need to own a car, and make it easier to serve by transit. I'd rather see short term pain, so long as the land use plans dovetail to achieving this end. But I'm in the privileged position of not being someone who would be seriously negatively impacted by the changes.