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Originally Posted by GeoNerd
City streets shouldn’t be designed for people that live 50km south of the city. They should be designed for local residents. Elgin happens to be a collector (which it shouldn’t be), but it’s a 30 km/h and not meant for commuting outside the city. I have zero sympathy for people that live outside the city, avoid paying municipal taxes, and feel entitled to drive their cars all the way into downtown.
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This is not what I'm saying. I saying that if you reduce the amount of routes available for vehicles, be ready to have bigger bottle necks on the rest of the road network. I normally don't use Elgin.
Can you imagine how gridlocked the city would have been if people weren't working from home right now? regular non-pandemic traffic + Truck convoy
And you are wrong in saying people live outside the city to "avoid" paying municipal taxes. Do you actually know the actual tax rate for Clarence-Rockland? The residential part is contributing way more to the municipal budget than the Ottawa's residents because Clarence-Rockland doesn't have as much industries and commercial.
You can't exclude people who reside elsewhere when you plan the city because they will still impact the city. Otherwise you are living in a bubble that is disconnected from the world.
If I sleep 8hrs, work 8hrs, and reside 8hrs. I am still "living" more than a third of my life in the city, contributing to its economy through my work, eating out, going to the gym, and entertaining myself. Complaining about "non-local" when doing urban planning is the equivalent of NIMBYism.
The city and its surrounding municipalities are a giant ecosystem that is impacting each other directly and indirectly.