The single-use residential zoning along with once fashionable cul-de-sacs make creating a walkable public realm challenging.

What’s happening with the Green Thumb Nursery site? Good urban design here could result in a multi-use town centre with little or no surface parking. pic.twitter.com/IJtZ8IlIUq

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) May 28, 2020

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Nanaimo Harewood PedShed analysis

This Harewood neighbourhood centred at Bruce Avenue at 5th Street is a 15 minute walk from edge to edge. 1. Business Licences. pic.twitter.com/JiQfVXmMYK

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) June 9, 2020

This Harewood neighbourhood centred at Bruce Avenue at 5th Street is a 15 minute walk from edge to edge. 2. Buildings. pic.twitter.com/EOhxu6CQKX

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) June 10, 2020

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Nanaimo Townsite and Brechin Hill neighbourhoods

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Google Earth Timelapse. City of Nanaimo 1984 - 2018

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2016 census data : main transportation mode commute : bike : walk

Main mode of commuting for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households with a usual place of work or no fixed workplace address - 25% sample data. 2016 Census. Walk. pic.twitter.com/qeVBe53YYC

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) June 3, 2020

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Nicol Street : A boundary separating neighbourhoods or a seam stitching them back together?

A traffic-calming, placemaking, neighbourhood-connecting, local-commerce-supporting, investment-attracting, safe-and-pedestrian-friendly new intersection on Nicol Street at Finlayson.

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