Project for Public Spaces (PPS), an internationally-recognized non-profit organization that helps communities get the most out of their streets, both as transportation links for all modes of commuters and as vital places for people to enjoy, recently compiled its list of “9 Great Streets Around The World”.
Affectionately known as “The Main”, Montreal’s Boulevard Saint Laurent tops PPS’s list for a number of reasons including its Access & Linkages, Comfort & Image, Uses & Activities, and Sociability.
With vivaNext, this kind of placemaking will also take place along York Region’s busiest corridors as people come to live, work, shop and play in close proximity to great transit service. In addition to great access, vivaNext will bring attractive boulevards, planted medians and an enhanced pedestrian experience including continuous, wide sidewalks.
We wouldn’t be at all surprised if Highway 7, Yonge Street and Davis Drive top the PPS list of great streets in years to come!
One reply on “Montreal tops list of “9 Great Streets Around The World”!”
I wonder which York Region street would make it to this list?
Perhaps the section of Bathurst, north of Promenade Mall, where the sidewalk is nothing more than a muddy ditch?
Or maybe Rutherford Road, near Jane, where a pedestrian has to cross three intersections to legally get across the street?
DaleA: I understand your point. The good news is, in addition to making it up to 40% faster and easier to travel to, from and within York Region, vivaNext rapidways, subways and proposed LRTs will encourage urban transformation along their routes through mixed-use, transit-oriented development, economic revitalization, green open spaces, and pedestrian-friendly environments. As York Region continues to grow and the vivaNext plan expands, we fully expect additional corridors, such as the ones you mention, to experience similar positive changes.