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I live in Vancouver, and absolutely love how we didn’t go with the freeway idea. And traffic will suck anyways, might as well let the locals enjoy the walks and

by kredd 3y ago

I live in Vancouver, and absolutely love how we didn’t go with the freeway idea. And traffic will suck anyways, might as well let the locals enjoy the walks and life instead.

seanmcdirmid 3y ago
If you search for Stroads, you inevitably bring up Vancouver. You've just swapped one evil for another. I can't imagine walking along a stroad being very nice. https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2014/03/12/metro-vancouver-stroads-bad-for-commuters-and-business/ https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2014/03/12/metro-vancouver-str...
- kelnos 3y ago
  Stroads aren't inevitable when you get rid of elevated highways. They're just yet another result of poor urban planning.
  - seanmcdirmid 3y ago
    Yes, they aren't. But my position is that what Vancouver has (world famous stroads) is worse than if they buried a freeway through town instead. If someone suggests deleting I5 through Seattle and replacing it with Vancouver-like Stroads, I'm going to vote against them as fast as possible.
- kredd 3y ago
  Oh, I totally agree about the stroads, I wish we could somehow make them disappear, alas impossible. They’re doing an ok job densifying some parts of them, so it’s less dead at least.
- brabel 3y ago
  Ah, Sydney, Australia, has the same issue :D specially Parramatta Rd which goes from the CBD to the Western Suburbs[1]... because there were many "influential" people living in that area, they never managed to get a permit to make a freeway there... I didn't know there was a name for that. https://www.google.se/maps/@-33.8710314,151.1203316,3a,75y,255.53h,84.88t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1soIviIUPEJA0X_q6KhR1M_A!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DoIviIUPEJA0X_q6KhR1M_A%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D220.7811%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu https://www.google.se/maps/@-33.8710314,151.1203316,3a,75y,2...

by kredd 3y ago

I live in Vancouver, and absolutely love how we didn’t go with the freeway idea. And traffic will suck anyways, might as well let the locals enjoy the walks and life instead.

seanmcdirmid 3y ago

If you search for Stroads, you inevitably bring up Vancouver. You've just swapped one evil for another. I can't imagine walking along a stroad being very nice. https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2014/03/12/metro-vancouver-stroads-bad-for-commuters-and-business/ https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2014/03/12/metro-vancouver-str...

kelnos 3y ago
Stroads aren't inevitable when you get rid of elevated highways. They're just yet another result of poor urban planning.
- seanmcdirmid 3y ago
  Yes, they aren't. But my position is that what Vancouver has (world famous stroads) is worse than if they buried a freeway through town instead. If someone suggests deleting I5 through Seattle and replacing it with Vancouver-like Stroads, I'm going to vote against them as fast as possible.
kredd 3y ago
Oh, I totally agree about the stroads, I wish we could somehow make them disappear, alas impossible. They’re doing an ok job densifying some parts of them, so it’s less dead at least.
brabel 3y ago
Ah, Sydney, Australia, has the same issue :D specially Parramatta Rd which goes from the CBD to the Western Suburbs[1]... because there were many "influential" people living in that area, they never managed to get a permit to make a freeway there... I didn't know there was a name for that. https://www.google.se/maps/@-33.8710314,151.1203316,3a,75y,255.53h,84.88t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1soIviIUPEJA0X_q6KhR1M_A!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DoIviIUPEJA0X_q6KhR1M_A%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D220.7811%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu https://www.google.se/maps/@-33.8710314,151.1203316,3a,75y,2...