Road design, transportation and walkability

[jeffster]

Frankly, I don't even think not building the highway would stop this, but what we could do INSTEAD is build transit and build developments which are car light and transit friendly. It isn't difficult, other countries have figured this out...we already have a rail line to centre on.

I have to ask: which countries? As far as I can tell, all ‘1st world nations’ are car dependant, having at least 1 car per household. Most ‘alpha’ and ‘beta’ cities have good public transit system, though they still rely on cars, a lot.

As for KWC, we’re not even considered a ‘sufficiency’ level city (Sufficiency -> Gamma -> Beta -> Alpha). We have a long ways to go to populate the corridor and have a amenities along that corridor to make it useful. Even then, transit will never be a great option for the majority.

No going to argue that we need to improve transit, though I would say we have spent a lot on it over the past 10 years. But I can’t envision this city, or really, any city, that can give up the car for the majority of people. In Canada, it makes it even tougher. We are huge geographically, which makes relying on good transit hard.

If you have a family and/or take care of anyone, transit really isn’t a great option. It’s time consuming, and gets expensive quickly if you need to leave town. And transit, as we have seen with strikes and Covid, is less than 100% reliable. And that is huge factor.