[Aylmer]

I will just point out that there not being car access on Rideau was far from the main cause of its commercial decline. To disregard elements like the construction of the Rideau Centre itself and the decline of urban retail generally in that era is an almost willful oversight. Rideau was transit-only in 2014-2020, and saw a resurgence of retail and pedestrian activity despite construction. Not necessarily because it was only transit vehicles, but more to illustrate that the composition of vehicular traffic isn't an important factor of retail success. When you really think about it, how much do the dozen street parking spaces matter to the twenty-odd businesses west of Dalhousie? How much of H&M's business can possibly come from people parked in the 2 spaces in front of the store who'd have otherwise not gone but for those two spaces? The more you think about it, the more implausible it becomes.