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Originally Posted by Ottawan
Great work! That's exactly how I would like to see it. You're just missing two things:
1) Pedestrian bridge over the rail tracks between Ohio street and the high-density mixed-use area.
2) There should be retail frontage (perhaps at the base of condo towers) along Data Centre Road. This would most likely be where the more neighbourhood focused retail might go.
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A couple other things:
- I would have a mid-block pedestrian crossing (signalized) on Bank going down the hill, especially with the station relocated. That would slow down traffic on Bank.
- Where would the local buses layover at Billings Bridge Station? A local platform is necessary since a lot of routes terminate there. Sure, Route 1 can just stay on Bank for an overhead transfer, but the other routes (5, 8, 111, 112, 146, 148) would need somewhere to layover.
- The building at 1365 Bank is a low-income public housing building. It would create a LOT of controversy if that was torn down for redevelopment. Most likely, such could only be expanded to streetside if anything. The street shown to the north side of that runs through parkland and a hillside against Billings Estate, and probably cannot be built as such.