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Originally Posted by michelleb
That's fucking dire. Car-dependent dystopia. No one is going to walk or bike to those parking lot infested strip malls. Everyone will have to drive to their jobs offsite, and there are no hints at schools or every day amenities. Would you allow your 10 year old to walk to the store? If not, it's a massive fail. There isn't even a connection to the Blue Line yet.
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Newmarket Blvd has bike lanes and all the stores are facing the street. The aerial view clearly showcases the parking being hidden on Ballantrae, Scurfield, and Newmarket Blvd. You also need to consider that the area is pretty compact. To get from the Plaza station to GoodLife Fitness is at most a 10 minute walk once the connection to the blue line is completed (hopefully should be soon now that Ironclad finished their building).
What is not even considered in your post is the fact that across the blue line there’s a commercial strip on Pembina with loads of amenities as well. The stores on Plaza have an Indian, Persian, Chinese, and Korean grocers. I would have no problem letting my kids walk to those stores as long as they don’t cross Pembina.
The kids that would live in this area are most likely going to attend Bonnycastle, Arthur A Leach, and then Vincent Massey or FRC. The Blue line stops at all of these schools except Massey with FRC and Leach on the St. Norbert Route. Of course the Transitway also has the dedicated AT path so I would argue it’s safer for kids to cycle to school then in most areas of Winnipeg.