Challenge with HLL is there’s too much uncertainty. I think we should commit to a rebuild that kills 5 birds with 1 stone. HSR & government centre terminal. Festival line LRT/BRT crossing for central circulator. Linear park with walking/biking connections. 3 lanes of vehicle capacity and no...

Really excited for this to all get going. Hopefully we can hit a similar momentum to what UDistrict is getting lately in Calgary. Here’s some of what they’ve got going down south.

What a communist nightmare /s

Definitely needs a lot more density along it to help. The western edge drops off so quickly with the valley/groat, and low density neighborhoods. Wihkwentowin helps, but it’s got lots of stuff in all directions.

Someone please buy and build! 🙏

The imagineers doc on Disney+ talks a lot about this. It’s pretty cool. Hollywood studies was the “flop” vs others. And many point to a deviation from the proven “method”. A big part of which was the central feature of their resorts

Agreed. But when monthly insurance, depreciation/payments, etc are all “sunk” already, it feels easier to just use your car a little more than the very obvious $5-7 round trip cost. So parking is really the only easy direct cost comparison for people to mentally choose between for driving vs...

What’s made it a disaster?

It’s like when Disney tried to build a park without a central feature…big mistake.

This, 100%. Unless you are commuting for work/school at least 3x a week, the costs just don’t work for “choice users”. We will continue to have transit primarily used by “captured riders”, who rely on it due to income/vehicle costs, inability to drive for physical/mental/legal reasons, and...

This person on reddit is saying the city might have been who restricted the course design to be so lame?

This area should have basketball/volleyball/Pickleball. Would be so popular and a weak destination with the paths/views.

Group of friends and I used the bike valet this morning for the market. 3 e-bikes in the group, so nice to have the extra security. A few thoughts though: 1. One of the sketchiest parts of downtown by far. Drug use is constant on this stretch. So that’s a huge downside. Meth head kicked over...

Yeah, my numbers might be way off. But less than a dozen food trucks and not having a ton of drink stands and the bike parking and lack of screens all felt like poor planning. Many people left by 5pm when cart 38/50 some were done. Hot weather likely added to that (and lack of shade/drinks to...

They had a bike valet. But there were maybe spots for 100-150 bikes. Easily 500+ here and so many locked to random poles, the walterdale, etc. again, a weird underestimation when there’s almost no car parking and they really pushed biking or transit to get here.