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It's absurd that this intersection, right beside a facility that regularly hosts upwards of 3,000 fans, does not have all crosswalks painted.
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G-Man
, Feb 02 2016 08:55 PM
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Posted 14 April 2018 - 07:04 AM
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<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
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Posted 14 April 2018 - 07:08 AM
That is a great point!
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Posted 14 April 2018 - 11:34 AM
That intersection and Blanshard/Herald. Both are wtf’s, for sure.
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Posted 14 April 2018 - 11:57 AM
That intersection and Blanshard/Herald...
I wonder if once the Hudson Place projects are complete if this intersection will be improved in some way?
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Posted 14 April 2018 - 11:59 AM
Hold on, my mistake. I meant to say Government and Herald!
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Posted 14 April 2018 - 12:05 PM
Hold on, my mistake. I meant to say Government and Herald!
Gotcha. But you must admit Blanshard & Herald is kinda weird as well.
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Posted 14 April 2018 - 12:10 PM
It totally is, with its two turning lanes.
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Posted 14 April 2018 - 01:17 PM
It’s a difficult one to make it across on the walk signal. Gotta be in your a game.
Edited by VicHockeyFan, 14 April 2018 - 01:18 PM.
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
#289
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Posted 14 April 2018 - 01:53 PM
Government and Herald has already seen the ire of Sidewalking Victoria.
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Posted 22 April 2018 - 06:08 PM
Just finished a short post on Sidewalking Victoria, this time I explore the old batteries and buildings of Macaulay Point Park.
https://www.sidewalk...ulay-point-park
https://www.sidewalk...ulay-point-park
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Posted 24 April 2018 - 08:49 PM
New post up today on turning Gorge Road East into a modern urban village. I know I am dreaming 
https://www.sidewalk...n-urban-village
https://www.sidewalk...n-urban-village
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Posted 24 April 2018 - 09:04 PM
^I like the ideas but dont agree with the "traffic calming" especially not a traffic circle. It is possible to have livable urban villages on busy arterial roads. Like west 4th in Vancouver
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Posted 25 April 2018 - 05:29 AM
That is true. West 4th is great. That said I think Victorians are less adapted to true urban noise than Vancouverites.
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Posted 28 April 2018 - 08:57 AM
Just finished another post, this time on Playfair Park in Saanich. Have a look!
https://www.sidewalk...a-playfair-park
https://www.sidewalk...a-playfair-park
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Posted 13 May 2018 - 09:12 PM
Just finished my latest post. This time a look at Cook Street Village! https://www.sidewalk...-street-village
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Posted 15 May 2018 - 08:52 AM
Great post, G-Man! I can't believe I'd never noticed that every intersection on Cook south of Fairfield is a T.
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Posted 15 May 2018 - 09:17 AM
Right, and that's what makes it a "village." You see that emulated in Oak Bay Village and other "villages." Vic West "village" has that too and the length of Craigflower from Skinner Road (Russel) to Tillicum is designed in that way.
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Posted 15 May 2018 - 07:11 PM
Thanks guys. It definitely makes it more relaxed. Of course that helps deal with the very large street span. With narrower streets a regular grid works fine too.
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Posted 19 May 2018 - 09:03 AM
A new post up on turning View and Douglas into a public square. I have my flak jacket on for the expected comments from drivers 
https://www.sidewalk...wntown-victoria
https://www.sidewalk...wntown-victoria
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Posted 19 May 2018 - 09:12 AM
A new post up on turning View and Douglas into a public square. I have my flak jacket on for the expected comments from drivers
https://www.sidewalk...wntown-victoria
View should have been made all bike lane instead of bike lanes on Pandora and Fort
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