Read through a chunk of it, started to drift out about mid way through transportation though. Some thoughts:
I like that they are trying to expand the width or add parklets on the sidewalks on Robson and Alberni, certainly a good step. Some rooftop patios on Robson would be great too, might as well make good use of the lower heights/sunlight in the corridor.
I like the laneway housing idea, currently tons of space wasted on parking lots fronting the laneways, this will help push more rental stock and make the neighbourhood look better. Might even lead to better maintenance of the laneways too which would be great.
The building heights all seem about right, only weird one for me was B on the Georgia corridor. It is given a tall height but there are almost no developable plots on the strip, so it seems like a bit of a bone thrown with little needed to back it up. I would have liked to see B extended to the Whitespot plot. At least they got it right on the Burrard corridor where a certain church falls into the 550' zone... Hope a certain developer builds to the max height on the site.
the quote "maximum densities will recognize urban design considerations on a site by site basis" is a little strange, I thought plans like this were supposed to set out guidelines and the site by site basis was still used. Kinda seems like they dodged the question there. Other than that I thought densities are a little low, but then again that is my complaint for most Vancouver developments.
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