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Originally Posted by SpongeG
yea, in more recent times they have done the same in east van, commercial drive area.
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Those east Vancouver streets are still highly car oriented - they just prioritized local car traffic and block through traffic. It's a start but if you look at the pictures from Barcelona, these streets are designed for pedestrians first and cars second. You won't generally find people walking down the middle of the street anywhere in east Vancouver - except on streets with no sidewalks at all which we remarkably still have.
IMO the closest thing to a superblock we have in Vancouver is the Arbutus walk neighbourhood on the west side. I think this is a great urban model and we should try to encourage more of it, especially on large sites such as the Jericho Lands.