Shared streets, shared stakes: Lessons from Banff’s Bear Street
| dc.contributor.author | McDonald, Kiersten | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-06T15:10:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-06T15:10:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-12-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Bear Street shows that shared streets can turn a car‑dominated road into a lively, pedes-trian‑first space that pulls people off Banff Avenue. Stakeholders care most about business impacts and street design, especially construc-tion disruption, parking, and long‑term viability. Even intensive engagement over several years can still leave people divided, so how par-ticipation is designed matters as much as how much of it there is. The project boosts resilience and environmental goals in a tight, tourism town but also nudges the street toward more tourist‑oriented, higher‑revenue businesses. Future projects need to tightly align construction timing, communication, and street role within a clear mobility and land‑use strategy that foregrounds justice and trust. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | McDonald, K. (2025) Shared streets, shared stakes: Lessons from Banff’s Bear Street, Local Governance Hub Policy Briefs, No. 4, pgs. 1-7. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1828/24038 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Local Governance Hub | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 4 | |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Banff | |
| dc.subject | shared streets | |
| dc.subject | urban planning | |
| dc.subject | community engagement | |
| dc.subject.department | School of Public Administration | |
| dc.title | Shared streets, shared stakes: Lessons from Banff’s Bear Street | |
| dc.type | Other |