Albert/Slater-Mackenzie King Improvement Project

[phil235]

Originally Posted by NOWINYOW

And when emergency vehicles are tied up in traffic? How is that going to improve the life of people who live and work in the area?

I get that people want to walk around and there should be plenty of places for that. I'm all for shutting traffic down in Byward Market. Having said that, people and goods and services need to get around. They can't all use public transit. Many families have one car and with that one car they do school drop offs, medical appointments, work, after-school activities, the list goes on. That some people only need an A to B transit option, good for them. Many others have points C, D, E, F & G before calling it a day.

Remember that these streets were built to handle hundreds of buses which will disappear (assuming that the LRT actually opens at some point). Have a look at Albert or Slater any time that isn't rush hour and tell me that is a good use of public resources.