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Eglinton is shut down all weekend.

The approved plan, as Duck pointed out, was to run the Eglinton-Crosstown LRT up the SRT right-of-way to the SCC, but they weren't going to use the same track. Apparently the SRT track is in dire need of repairs (much like the Gardiner) and the cost of refurbishing to handle LRT vehicles is...

So the best argument people could come up with for not running the LRT straight up Main Street to the GO station is that the LRT shouldn't run past the rich people, it should go past the poorer people. If I was one of the "poorer" people who lived along one of the alternative routes I'd be livid...

Zoning isn't the same as an Official Plan designation. There are lots of properties that are zoned for various employment uses that are not designated as "Employment" in a City's Official Plan. Employment lands are not allowed to have residential uses, but non-employment lands can have any type...

That land was converted to a residential designation in the Official Plan prior to the 2005 Provincial policy statement.

The Province currently has a policy in place preventing changing "Employment" lands to "Residential" lands, without their approval, which is almost impossible to get. Any land that shows up as Employment lands in any city's Official Plan will not be seeing any residential development without a...

Interesting article, but I don't consider oil prices to be a major determinant in curbing sprawl. Fluctuations in oil prices encourage or discourage sprawl on a personal decision-making level, but saving people money on commuting costs is not the main reason for creating more urban walkable and...

That $132 milllion needs to added to the ledger for the subway extension. The TTC was hoping to shut the SRT down next year so they could replace it with the Crosstown. Now they have to keep it running for another decade.

I believe what the video is showing is the date existing buildings were built rather than initial development. I've seen a similar thing for NYC. Date-of-constuction is relatively simple data to get from city tax roles. It can be a proxy for the age for development, but it doesn't take into...

Cooksville is a prime property too.

At least he's not a 519er. :)

The plan for the Eglinton-Scarborough LRT was to take down the structure, because it cost too much to maintain, and run the LRT along the same alignment on the surface, with new bridges at the road crossings. That was the most cost-effective option.

Who already lives there? It goes through an industrial park. I'd be all in favour of retaining the right-of-way as a ground level linear park, but keeping the SRT structure will result is some significant costs (not the least of which is insurance) and safety issues. It would be CPTED...

I agree. From it's promising beginnings Seaton's design got worst and worst every time the plan was revised. Part of the problem is all the ravines and creeks that run through it are subject to much stricter rules than when the plan was first conceived. What was a logical centralized new urban...

There is nothing wrong with using elevated rail . . . when its appropriate. However there are some major considerations with elevating the tracks, including accessibility, construction costs, operational costs, maintenance costs, noise, weather, grade limits and of course aesthetics. When you...

Are we talking about the same thing? The linear park in the centre of the Markham Langstaff Secondary Plan is modeled on similar linear parks like the one in St.Lawrence neighbourhood and the new extension of Front Street into the West Don Lands. If you can't image that then you need to get out...

I bet the actual number of 905-area commuters who drive to work in downtown has stayed roughly the same during this period. Highways can only move so many cars and they tend to be used as the preferred mode until they reach saturation volume and grind to a halt. Then some people move to transit...

Of course nothing is guaranteed until it is built. But every plan for the area shows a linear park through the middle of a pedestrian-friendly neighbourhood centred on a GO/Subway station. Remember where this discussion came from - someone said planners are continuing to plan automobile-oriented...

The comparison with University Avenue is not a good one. The proposed linear park in the middle of the Markham Langstaff Gateway development is more like the park in the middle of the St.Lawrence neighbourhood (The Esplanade/Scadding Ave). It is not intended to be an arterial road. It is...

This is how I remember it - The Scarborough LRT was part of the Eglinton Crosstown line (formerly the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown Line). The design, property acquisition and construction schedule had the same milestones dates. The whole line had been partially designed by the TTC before the...