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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
Sounds like just a bus lane, though active transportation is included in the form of a sidewalk at least:
I found this interesting. If I'm reading this correctly, it seems that new service stations are no longer allowed in the Centre Plan Area.
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It's just a transit lane. Bayers from Connaught to Windsor will have four lanes. One general traffic and one transit in each direction. They'll likely sign the transit lanes as bikes allowed like they are on Robie, Young, Gottingen, etc, but it won't be designed for them. There will be a second general traffic lane WB at Connaught and EB at Young to keep traffic flowing through those intersections.
New gas stations are prohibited from the Regional Centre. It's part of the effort to make the urban core a more pedestrian friendly area while reducing land-use conflicts that come from car-oriented facilities. I believe drive-thrus and car dealerships have similarly strict rules on new builds.
There will be gas stations in the Regional Centre for a long time to come. What I imagine will happen is each brand will try to keep existing key high-profile locations in operation so they can continue as grandfathered non-conforming uses. They can't expand or relocate but they can keep operating. What I'm interested to see is once electric cars are dominant will gas stations simply close and sell the land for redevelopment or will the companies remove the fuel tanks and expand the convenience stores?
Shell - 1 (Robie)
Irving - 6 (Highfield, Victoria, Pleasant, Inglis, Robie, Quinpool)
Mobil - 2 (Joe Howe, Barrington)
Esso - 5 (Robie, Wyse, Ochterlonely, Pleasant, Chebucto)
Canadian Tire - 1 (Bayers)
Petro Canada - 3 (Victoria, Quinpool, Bayers)
Ultramar - 1 (Gottingen)
Wilsons - 1 (Windmill)
Fast Fuel - 2 (Prince Albert, Portland)
BTW it should be noted that in my post above I forgot to mention the gas station on Bayers will be rebranded as Irving Oil.