06-28-2018, 08:10 PM
Wasn't sure where to put this:
Waterloo Region should be built on collaboration, not compromise
If we’re a truly a community of barn raisers, let’s think about raising better barns
"Grudgingly accepting incremental concessions from developers may seem like a reasonable way to move forward, but communities are systems. Every lame piece of "public art" crammed in the corner of a condo development is a concession to deadly cars, and fossil fuels. It keeps the region on a backward-looking path dependent on and shackled to previous decisions.
As citizens we've been gaslighted into believing regional development has to be a shell game. Adding one safe crossing doesn't mean dismantling another one. By digging in, making new narratives, and generating enough social licence we can always build more crosswalks, transit stops, bicycle lanes, trains."
Waterloo Region should be built on collaboration, not compromise
If we’re a truly a community of barn raisers, let’s think about raising better barns
"Grudgingly accepting incremental concessions from developers may seem like a reasonable way to move forward, but communities are systems. Every lame piece of "public art" crammed in the corner of a condo development is a concession to deadly cars, and fossil fuels. It keeps the region on a backward-looking path dependent on and shackled to previous decisions.
As citizens we've been gaslighted into believing regional development has to be a shell game. Adding one safe crossing doesn't mean dismantling another one. By digging in, making new narratives, and generating enough social licence we can always build more crosswalks, transit stops, bicycle lanes, trains."
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.