Sunday, July 20, 2008

The most dangerous intersections


In your opinion what are the most dangerous intersections in the city?


1). Main and Terminal; huge intersection, lots of traffic and trucks, lots of "special signals" all in all its a huge artery and the distance to travel from one sidewalk to another is quite long and you have to be especially aware of your surroundings as there are cars coming from your left, right, diagnally, all over the place.


2). Kingsway and 12th; Again huge intersections and sidewalks being diagnal, huge traffic, the 12th avenue route goes on to the highway. You have to cross onto one sidewalk while watch the cars turning your direction on the otherside, takes a while to cross onto the next sidewalk, then your required to cross onto another street whether you are going towards the Biltmore hotel or going across towards Main.
3). Marine Drive and Main street. Huge traffic artery, going to the airport and New West. Big box stores all around so its all car oriented like Superstore, car dealerships, gas stations, factories,etc. The superstore is extremely unsafe as you need to go through a parking lot full of cars constantly moving in order to get in to the store and the closests bus stop is across a busy and long intersection in order to cross the street.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Vancouver leads in incivility


It would probably seem to be no surprise to people in Vancouver(25%) that we think the city has alot of social and civility issues. Not just confined to one area, even parts of the west side are starting to see creeping amounts of homelessness in their area. Clothes, appliances left on streets, homelessness, mental health issues, drug use,prostitution, public drunkness they are all part of a big cities "charm" shall we say but is obviously more prevalent here than any part of the country.




What types of incivility do you see?