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Originally Posted by steveosnyder
I think all access should go from residential collector to regional collector to expressway -- from the community roads to Murray, to McPhillips. I don't think a residential collector should be feeding directly to an expressway.
If they want to make this street the regional collector (which would be silly, considering it slices right through the neighbourhood) then they should disconnect Murray and force people on it.
Either way, only 1 connection to McPhillips (and none to CPT) should be made -- I think it should be Murray, but some might argue it should be "Public Road 1".
As an aside; I have another problem with the planners at the City -- Houses are not allowed to front collectors. This means the developer will build service roads for these collectors to have houses front onto, making the amount of infrastructure so much more. Like here in Lindenwoods. So, instead of having a 72 foot wide street, what they will end up having is a 22 foot service road, 22 foot "green space" (because I know I would love for my kids to play in that boulevard), 50 feet of residential collector, another 12 or so feet of "green space" and then a 6 foot wide sidewalk. A total of 112 feet used for infrastructure; this makes me ill.
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Why not give people a reason to
leave their cars at home and take an alternative way to get to their job or shopping, etc. People have bloody legs to walk, you know. Only today's kid's don't walk more then ten feet to go to the shitter, the fridge or to bed. Parent's are
always driving their kids somewhere. The next generation of kids will not have legs, just bigger thumbs and guts.
Bomberjet,
You say you will never take a bus to Grand Beach, but yet you are probably the first to complain if you can't find a place to park your car close to the lake. We used to take a train to the Lake, what's wrong with that?
Steve O,
So what's wrong with European towns? Nice cobbblestone streets, brick or stone houses, no mudholes or puddles, do you really need a firetruck with a brick house? And you want your kids to play on a 22 foot strip of land along side a busy roadway? Sure, just wait nine months and you can have replacement kids. Take them to a park, try walking or biking to get there, maybe you will appreciate a bike path a little more.
Speaking of planned neighbourhoods, anyone ever take a ride along Lyndale drive in Norwood and see how the front yards of all the homes are joined, have a common walkway and the backlanes are used for service alleys and auto traffic. Wildwood park is another example of that concept. Also tried a few times in Transcona in the 70"s (Gables Court) and Stinson and Taft Court off of Morley West.
Here's a plain piece of paper, get out your crayon and show me what you can draw:
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