This is a great point. When the topic of a new highrise on Robie at the Willow tree first came up, one of the objections was of course the increased traffic on an already busy street.
I ask, when was the last time that you were held up by traffic entering/exiting the Welsford?
Traffic comes from the suburbs, not the core.
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Traffic flow and parking are often prime concerns brought up in public consultation sessions but when it comes to residential buildings on the peninsula the traffic studies usually reveal a lot less added traffic than people predict. Like, people will talk about how a new building will cause gridlock and the study will reveal that 5-7 cars an hour will come out of a parking garage entrance during rush hour. I remember this happening with the Fenwick redevelopment; people were doing back-of-the-envelope calculations assuming 1-2 cars per unit but the landlord pointed out that few people living in Fenwick own a car at all. Some of the new developments downtown, like 1488 Birmingham, have no car parking at all.
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