And it’s infuriating that we are planning highly disruptive and expensive road widening projects, when investments in public transportation and active transportation could remove the “need” to widen roads!
Car-centric infrastructure is not sustainable, and every time I hear people moan and bitch about taxes, they should know that it’s largely due to runaway road work and maintenance costs!
NOTE: the far left lable on the bottom chart is “less than 15 minutes.” Factor in several minutes for stop signs and red lights, WHY THE HELL DRIVE AT ALL? 😡
Our downtown has on-street parking, making what should be a pedestrian friendly city centre look like a highway with shops.
But what kills me is that we have empty parking lots and a few parking garages that would easily put you with a short walk of your destination, but nobody uses them.
And then around the winter holidays those on-street parking spots are free to use.
What a massive disappointment.