Jericho Lands Planning Program

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by fredinno

The intersection of Samasat and SkyTrain.
Better?


And that report says the Jericho Station performs better than Samasat, which is true.
Also in the next couple paragraphs:

No it's the same typo you've been repeating for weeks.

The report says a future station could be considered once the golf course is available for the Musqueam to develop it. At the moment that's 2083, so you needn't worry about it. If there was a plan for a Sasamat or Blanca station those would be mentioned. They're not.

[Migrant_Coconut]

The new intended alignment is Alma, Jericho, possibly Blanca. It was one or the other, so if Jericho's been chosen, then Sasamat (there's a few Somersets, but no Samasat, in Vancouver) has been taken out of consideration.

Originally Posted by fredinno

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Whenever I went to PG Village I was the only student there, so YMMV. That same article also blames property taxes, a stagnant local population and residents who don’t know the area (or prefer to go elsewhere in their downtime).

Google Maps is an estimate, not hard data. And it rounds upward for walking – according to it, I shouldn’t be able to reach the Inukshuk in less than half an hour, which is bull.
The hill’s only a problem if you walk straight up it in the southwest direction; go west or south at an angle, and it’s no worse than Burrard. Seniors and kids may or may not have problems; most able-bodied adults, absolutely not.

[madog222]

As of the most recent public information stations are proposed for Macdonald, Alma, Jericho, and UBC, with a potential future station at the University Golf Club. Jericho and Sasamat locations were on different potential alignments, having both was never in the cards.

[jollyburger]

They should offer the University Club the course at Shaughnessy when the lease expires and then they can speed up the redevelopment

[Migrant_Coconut]

It’s Sasamat OR Jericho - all the graphics and documentation make that pretty clear - and they already picked Jericho. Both stations is wishful thinking.

Seeing as Edmonds-Highgate is much less walkable than Jericho? Probably less. If it were just distance and height, it’d be very unpleasant to walk up the Arbutus Greenway for groceries, but it isn’t. And again, Jericho is much shallower if you don’t walk directly up the steepest angle of the slope; that's evidently what the planners have in mind.

And it’s even less convenient to walk from the station to Alma or 4th. Let’s face it – if residents want a change of scenery for dinner, they’ll have to get some exercise.

You call me fast, I call me average. There’s a lot more people that’re in better shape than I am. Joggers, bikers and scooters (all of which Jericho will have ample access to) are definitely much faster.

[GenWhy?]

All the Canada Lands developments I'm aware of have done a tremendous job. All the recent Lower Mainland projects of this size are in car-centric shopping mall developments / locations. So very tricky to compare. Southgate in Burnaby, and Pearson / Langara are the closest local developments I can think of and they're not done yet.

Canada Lands is going a great job for Greisbach in Edmonton and Currie in Calgary - the only Canada Lands projects I've been to, and they are fairly complete.

[seamusmcduff]

The first phase of towers around king George are pretty terrible too

[Feathered Friend]

What does the average Vancouverite think of the Jericho Lands redevelopment? Well according to this unbiased Sentis research poll, a super majority really like what they see, even when it comes to the building heights & density proposed

https://syc.vancouver.ca/projects/jerich...-4-public-engagement-summary-digital.pdf

https://x.com/City_Duo/status/1720573174365204806?s=20

[Migrant_Coconut]

So 42% don't know what's going on, but are fine with it anyway? Works for me.

[Weland]

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/jericho-lands-vancouver-draft-policy-statement-master-plan