[QUOTE=IntotheWest;3045415]^Huh?
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I think the point here is that for no good reason, you had to make a remark of how you believe Winnipeg has better ped-traffic than Calgary - a point that I didn't agree with (but, acknowledged that both are good), and your judgement was based on "living and breathing" the city in a week. Seems...well...a little short of a visit to make such a statement.
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I think that the winner in the pedestrian traffic has got to be Vancouver. The weather in that city lends itself to good street level traffic.
As for Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg, I would think that they are all about the same as far as pedestrian traffic. Depends on the time of day, if anything is going on downtown, the weather etc etc.
Calgary does not have as much street level traffic due to the +15 second floor pedway system. That system has, as in Edmonton, taken away the necessity to make the street level nothing more then a way to enter the buildings and move along the +15 system. Truly, in the business core in Calgary, there will never be much street level pedestrian traffic. Toronto's business core is much the same. Edmonton has lots of underground pedways which carry lots of the pedestrian traffic in the downtown core. (since it is the only city in the prairies that has a "subway").
I think all three cities could do a way better job of concentrating on the main pedestrian streets in the cities, Stephen Avenue Mall in Calgary, Portage Avenue in Winnipeg and Jasper Avenue in Edmonton. All three cities should concentrate on trying to encourage street level pedestrian friendly retail, clean up the nasty parts of the Avenues, if needed, ensure first floor retail in all new developments that go up to encourage people to come out and create a reason to use the Avenues all year long.