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Originally Posted by BigRedSpecial
What would traffic look like at the Avalon Mall if you had to get in your car and drive every time you left one store and went to another? That's the root of the problem, and as long as they build power centers, it won't go away.
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Pretty much nailed it. These centres are designed to be regional, drawing large numbers of visitors from a long distance and are not all condusive to walking from one store to another. The only one I've seen that has some good planning is that one near Halifax, we've talked about it on here before but I can't remember its name.
The area would have functioned better, I think, if Stavanger and Aberdeen had acted purely as collector roads with a single service road inside each large block. For example, have a road that goes off of Stavanger where the Best Buy/Montanas entrance is and then run east behind the old Golf & Gear building, in front of Dominion through the Pets Unlimited building and onto Aberdeen with parking lots between the service road and Stavanger. Foot traffic crossing the road to reach the stores would keep traffic slowed and ensure that any through traffic in the area would stick to Stavanger and Aberdeen. A similar one could have run along the opposite side if Staples, Future Shop, etc... had been turned to face the street instead of sideways. You could add a couple of right turn only exits and entrances along the way to keep things flowing.
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much nicer than the typical condos ... 
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