superior_chromatic said:
I noticed that on this illustration the location of the current transit terminal is labelled "Station Gate Rd".

I do appreciate the E/W woonerf on this concept.
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Good eye! Totally missed the woonerf label on that one, that would be awesome to see here. I would love to see more pedestrianization in this area in general especially the section of Sq 1 drive between CCTT and SQ1, I think that should just be blocked off for cars to be honest similar to what the City did when they joined Celebration Square and City Hall lol.

I wonder what Oxford and the City have in mind for the CCTT.plot in the future given this concept. I think I remember drum rambling (i mean this kindly lol, he's a legend) about an urban school K-12 mega-campus in this area a while ago, it wouldn't be a bad idea if/when the downtown terminal just north of this gets built.
 
cheerio said:
Good eye! Totally missed the woonerf label on that one, that would be awesome to see here. I would love to see more pedestrianization in this area in general especially the section of Sq 1 drive between CCTT and SQ1, I think that should just be blocked off for cars to be honest similar to what the City did when they joined Celebration Square and City Hall lol.
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I agree. The volume of car traffic on this stretch has already been reduced. With the single lane and the frequent pedestrian crossings I get the sense that plenty of drivers already avoid it by default. Fully pedestrianizing it wouldn't be too big a shock.

Personally I find the best execution of pedestrianization in city centre is the alley that runs N-S midblock in the blocks between Confederation and Living Arts. It runs between several tower developments, with their townhouse developments facing each other along this alley. In the summer it's the closest I've seen to porch culture anywhere in Mississauga. If more of this could be encouraged around city centre it would go some ways toward shifting attitudes toward walking!
 
afransen said:
Triumph of bad policy over logic. MCC has very bad transit connectivity. Squeeze zoning everywhere else so that high density is only permitted in places selected for the vanity of former mayors, not where those people can readily be served by higher order transit.
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Density alone without adequate supporting infrastructure doesn't make a place urban. But many on this forum still cling to that belief.
 
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