By Charles Langtree, Ottawa Citizen Letter to the Editor, May 3, 2015
Re: Plan Sparks talk of a revival, April 25. I must take issue with the premise
of this Citizen article that vehicle traffic on Sparks Street will revitalize
it. As someone who has studied this and other pedestrian malls for the last 40
years, the last 25 of those working as an urban designer in this city, I would
strongly advise against it. Vehicles would not contribute to the public realm by
their presence. They also wouldn’t add many pedestrians that linger to shop or
stop for a meal. via
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