Appendix 10 - The Key to Placemaking
The Key to Placemaking
While streets were once a place where we stopped to chat with neighbour and children played, they are now the exclusive domain of cars.
Traffic and road capacity are not the result of growth. They are the product of choices that have been made to shape our communities around cars.
We have the ability to make different choices, starting with Leading with Transit.
Streets should be oriented towards people. The way that we make more room for people is not just taking away parking and increasing sidewalks and bike lanes.
We have to reduce the number of cars on the street itself. Transit stations become real places full of activity, as apposed to a sign on the street. Using right-of-ways. This allows for a major shift to people focused streets, increased social use, market place, streets as public spaces.
