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Originally Posted by esquire
^ Route 90 is not some sort of commuter route serving people who live in new far flung exurban developments. It's a major arterial serving places like RRC, Polo Park, the airport, Assiniboine Park, River Heights, soon the new infill development on Kenaston... these are all old and well-established parts of the city.
It's as though we hear these buzzwords on social media and project them to what's going on in Winnipeg even though it doesn't fit at all. "Stomp out induced demand!" I got news for you, the demand has been there for decades.
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So is it not a commuter route as you say?
Or is it a commuter route with people going to RRC, Polo Park, residential neighborhoods (River Heights, Waverly West, Whyte Ride, Lindenwoods, Tuxedo) , Assiniboine Park, as you also say?
Can't be both.
When over 95% of traffic on the roadway is single passenger vehicles it would seem to indicate it is a commuter route. People going places. If it takes them 5 more minutes to get to those places because of where they choose to live, then so be it.
Also if the demand has been there for decades and we've managed to deal with it, why the urgency now? Make the required surface/median improvements and repairs, widen sidewalks, add a bike lane on each side, call it a day, save $350 million for other projects that will benefit all residents of Winnipeg. Easy peasy real world city building.