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Originally Posted by Acajack
I know someone who lives very close to the Lakeridge "squares" in Orleans. Aside from an elementary school that is just off one of the squares the area is 100% residential.
There won't ever be any commercial development in those buildings at all, of the sort you see here: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4834539,...SeUo2saby-h7u8KsvRwoQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
(Not that Gatineau is a shining example. We totally suck at this too. But this was a rare good move.)
So in terms of running errands, Lakeridge is also no less auto-dependent than any other suburban area in Orleans, Kanata or Barrhaven. There is transit service through the square but it's typical Ottawa commuter transit service for 9-5 commuters. Which is fine for the most part but there isn't any transit service at all between the community and the closest shopping areas which have sprung up in the big box and strip mall style 10-20 min. away on foot near the corner of Tenth Line and Brian Coburn. |
Ya, that's why I used it as an example of improved urban form (i.e. street layout), but then went on to comment that Ottawa still isn't very good at integrating commercial into new neighborhoods to improve walkability. The only place I can think of off the top of my head where Ottawa is trying to do this is off of Longfields Drive:
https://goo.gl/maps/upqxk2rQ5yj
I wish Ottawa would attempt something closer to what Toronto suburbs (Markham I guess) did with a couple locations on Bur Oak Avenue...
Here:
https://goo.gl/maps/JU1Ve3GuSH32
And here:
https://goo.gl/maps/FjmGVwrT9Yv
Time will tell if these locations are successful in the long run, but at least there was an attempt. I see no desire from Ottawa to construct even caricatures of main streets.
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