05-02-2018, 08:40 AM
(05-01-2018, 07:17 PM)panamaniac Wrote: I wouldn't want to look at a five storey parking garage out behind my house either, but I'm surprised that their complaint does not seem to extend to the office tower itself. A bit of division within the neighbourhood ranks, or a "one off" who offered good filler for the Record?
It would be somewhat hard to argue, as they currently are, that a parking garage which intends to service employment with roughly 35% less parking than normal is not at all apropriate for a site this close to transit, while also arguing that a site this close to transit isn't fit for a 12-storey office building. That's why they are trying both avenues, hoping one of them sticks.
(05-02-2018, 07:08 AM)jeffster Wrote:(05-01-2018, 11:18 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: He claims to be concerned about increased carbon footprint that will result from induced driving from providing more parking, but then says that his preferred solution is to build another parking lot elsewhere AND run a shuttle bus. So the number of total parking spots is not reduced, they just aren't near his property, and you have a shuttle bus spewing fumes all day.
Aha..you caught that too.
Not everyone will ever get out of their car. We're a long way away from that.
So the Mayor of Kitchener hasn't said whether or not he'll run again. Perhaps crap like this is getting to him. Makes me jealous of Waterloo with their attitude, yep, get 'er done. You'd never see this issue in that city (though Cambridge I'd imagine you would).
How long have we waited in Waterloo for the former post office site to be redeveloped? Or the Alexandria to come about? To see Waterloo residents' attitudes, I suggest attending the Jane's walk What's Happening to UpTown Waterloo?, where current homeowners will ask whether UpTown should exist at all, which is to say that after years of building amenities to support a larger population (transit, refurbishing the core, Waterloo Park upgrades, and more), they'd like to keep the upgrades given to the core, while kicking out the ladder to prevent others from coming to enjoy them.