One of the worst things about Sparks Street is that it has given the whole idea of pedestrianized streets a terrible name in Ottawa. In my opinion, a sizeable chunk of the Market should be permanently closed to cars, but people will say “Yeah, because that’s worked so well on Sparks.” It’s infuriating. There isn’t another large city in Canada with such an imagination deficit as Ottawa.
One of the worst things about Sparks Street is that it has given the whole idea of pedestrianized streets a terrible name in Ottawa. In my opinion, a sizeable chunk of the Market should be permanently closed to cars, but people will say “Yeah, because that’s worked so well on Sparks.” It’s infuriating. There isn’t another large city in Canada with such an imagination deficit as Ottawa.