In this project, we have assumed that the downtown Sudbury, given to its historical background and existence of important civic buildings from its very beginning, normally it should have become an active and vibrant city center by now. But this did not happen. So we tried to meet the challenges that prevented the downtown from flourishing and becoming vibrant.
In fact, the challenges are not many, here we have a few but serious problems. If we find solutions for them, they can be the catalyst for the process of achieving to a high standard, pleasant neighborhood.
The very first and most important challenge identified is poor transportation status. In fact, the current transportation system is in no way compatible with the features of a vibrant downtown. As long as the commute to the downtown is done by private car and from the origin of scattered and distant neighborhoods, downtown will be nothing but a massive parking, among which are a small number of shops and offices. So when we look at the next 30 years, we envision a kind of smart public transportation without the use of fossil fuels that connects the city center to neighborhood centers. Following this idea for transportation will remove the surface park-ing lots and is a solution for visual quality of street fronts too.
On the other hand, we have the railway that not only cuts off the down town from the western and southern neighborhoods and warns pedestrians not to approach, but also creates brown fields that are not even accepted in remote, Let alone the city center. In 2050, this place can be seen as a station complex that includes a modern high quality train station with hotels, halls, and restaurants around in a green context. Which could be the answer to Canada's future high-speed rail system. And also can work as urban plaza and a modern public realm. A sidewalk and a bike line along the railway eliminate the fear of pedestrians from this place.
Although cultural and artistic uses are among the main proposals of this project as attraction centers. But these alone cannot draw people to the downtown every day. Here we get help from retailers, restaurants and bars. In fact, all of this should be returned to the city center, and a dense mixed use is our solution to this challenge.
Where there are no people, there will be no prosperity. Single-family homes around the down town and in the whole city in general have made the downtown almost deserted and soulless. One solution is to compact the city center and its adjoining neighborhoods to bring students and young people with new jobs to the city center. Affordable housing and proposals for its form in downtown are described in panel C.
Such compression in housing, especially when built with green technologies, can meet the energy challenges we will face in the next thirty years. This can be complemented by policies to generate energy from non-renewable sources throughout Greater Sudbury with public transport policies. And it does not depend solely on the body of the downtown. Although it also plays a role.
With come back to essence of Sudbury and the natural context
in which it is located. We need a strong comprehensive plan to connect the city and the nature. And in our plan, there are three main proposals for this: the first is to revitalize waterways that lead to the downtown and look at them as a mode of transportation where water taxis move people. Next one is to connect the downtown via sidewalks to lakes and forests. And the last is greening as much as possible wherever possible so that the city is towards an urban forest.
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