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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
I got a lot of flack here when I suggested Sparks Street not that long ago. Just like I got flack for suggesting a downtown Walmart. Both would have generated a lot of foot traffic (and spin off businesses), especially on Sparks where it is so badly needed.
Everybody assumed that both would generate a lot of car traffic. I suppose it is true no matter what kind of destination we put in, but with the subway about to open, people would also come by transit as well.
We need to start counteracting the sucking of money from downtown to the suburbs, which is the opposite of what was happening 50 or 60 years ago, when retail and entertainment was much more centralized.
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Cartrafficshcarschtraffic... gimme a break. Traffic is extremely light in Ottawa's CBD after 6 pm (even 5:30 some days) and on weekends.
This makes me think of the old "nobody goes there anymore - it's too crowded!"
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