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Originally Posted by DizzyEdge
How many lanes would the full extent of the setback provide? I'm wondering if this is one of those setbacks where when you really think about it, you're not ever going to want 4th street to be 6 lanes or something like that. I also wonder if it would be useful to look at Centre and 4th and pick one that's transportation orientated and one that is 'highstreet' orientated, and adjust plans as needed.
I didn't mark 14th street on the map simply because there's only a few short blocks of developable land between the end of the merge lanes and Confederation Park. Maybe I should mark those up though, and 10th.
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1 more at most (~3-5m IIRC) and I doubt it'll be used for cars, it'll either be transit or bike. I suspect they might utilize it if the Centre St alignment is chosen for the green line.
Note: The above is purely a hypothesis on my part, outside of the existence of the setback.
I was given the impression that if Centre St is chosen as the alignment for the NCLRT, 4th will likely see a change in it's usage. Given it's poor vehicle connection to DT south of 16th, I suspect it will become more active mode oriented.
I think redevelopment along the 4th, 10th, and 14th corridors will make a huge difference in the feel of the street, right now 4th feels like a wasteland south of 20th.