City of Windsor plans to transform University Avenue

[Margaret's boy]

There's not much going on in downtown Windsor at the moment but hopefully this proposal will help spur development along one of Windsor's most neglected corridors, from the corner of Ouellette Avenue to Huron Church Road. Lost parking under approved University Avenue revamp divides business owners [[msn.com)

[K-slice]

Great news, cities need to be re-built for PEOPLE, rather than cars.

[Lowell]

I know downtown Windsor has its struggles, particularly in retail, but it's difficult to see how its future can't be bright, especially if it focuses on becoming more of a residential and pedestrian-friendly area.

It has huge assets in that it has the best views in Metro Detroit-Windsor and several lovely riverside parks lining the waterway. The whole stretch from the University to Walkerville should be gold mine. Go Windsor!

[Canadian Visitor]

Rendering of the proposed change:



Note that they're tentatively thinking of putting the bike lane beside the sidewalk, inside the boulevard; for this section

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While in a different section, they're looking a curb-side design.

[Richard]

^ no thought about future rail?