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kkg7, you should take a look at the governor's island redevelopment trust in new york - i think there are valuable lessons in there about planning parks effectively. toronto's own west8 is doing the masterplan for it, and it is something else. you speak of expecting more of the island - what...

i don't see anything wrong with the island. sure, the amusement park could use a little upkeep and i'd much rather a mengrai thai on the island than a shopsy's, but that's me. new york governor's island trust is using our centre island to redevelop governor's island, and the very things you've...

Ssiguy2, as has been pointed out, I think the idea behind congestion fees is to control demand (car use) of a fixed product (roadway). So, in your example, the person driving just a couple of kilometres from from Mississauga into to Sherway Gardens would be tolled because the demand for that...

Just wanted to post some links to upcoming events taking place in the 416 that are related to Transit. http://www.cityecology.net/event/2011-11-09/toronto-talks-mobility-day-1 http://www.cityecology.net/event/2011-11-10/toronto-talks-mobility-day-2...

I'm glad someone has been studying this. Anecdotally, being in planning that's been my experience as well. Costs a hell of a lot more in time, money, grief to get a consultant than simply to hire someone to be in-house with the same competence and start them at the bottom of the wage scale for...

Speaking of vision, people here may want to check this event out: https://canurb.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=67 . Hulchanski and van Nostrand always make for thought-provoking discussions. I've never seen Julia Deans or Geoff Cape in action.

Anyone know to what extent Peter Milczyn practiced as an architect? Or was it just a degree from U of T back in the day and then he got into politics right quick? I seem to be unable to find him in the OAA registry . . ..

That sounds like money being redistributed. Do you know who redistributes money? Socialists! Giorgio gonna be upset!

That's a curious assertion to make. At the risk of trolling, In what way(s) was Transit City a 21st century 3rd world above-grade plan?

"Told of Wong-Tam’s complaint about his tactics, Minnan-Wong was mockingly dismissive. 'A-gain?' he said with a smile. 'Poor Kristyn.'" Ugh. I guess at least we can rest easy knowing that he would probably be as petty if it were a straight male Councillor representing Kristyn's ward. That's...

At times like these it's worth recalling that TEDCO (TPLC of yesterday) controlled that land for literally a generation. They did jack all with it beyond parking lots, if memory serves. WT has had full authority for a little over 3 years. This almost sounds like TEDCO's convinced the Fords they...

I think, as a planner, the concern is more about what they intend to do with the mouth of the Don, more than any concern about a seasonal attraction in this part of the City, though, that too is a concern. The stories about TEDCO's (the previous name of the TPLC/Build Toronto/Invest Toronto)...

StCatharinesCitizen, have you read the environment assessment reports? These detail the road corridors and the traffic mitigation measures that could have been put into place. Not to mention the local consultations that took place and found general widespread support. I'm sure there's...

Would this be considered following the money? http://ylife.news.yorku.ca/2011/05/05/york-profs-research-on-developer-donations-looks-at-mayor-ford/ "An influential Vaughan developer, who donated generously to Mayor Rob Ford’s pre- and post-election fundraising drives, controls a long-term...

Continuing on the theme about density and everyone's desire for subways everywhere, the City of Toronto has a geographic area of about 641 square kilometres. That's about 64,100 hectares. At 115 people per hectare average to support transit, we'd need a population of about 7,371,500 people. To...

I also just realised that 49 people per hectare doesn't meet the LRT floor either. Continuing with the math, neighbourhood #118 would need about 39,900 people to make LRT work. That's an additional 11,900 people. At 3 persons per household, that is an additional 3966 units of housing. Minus that...

Well, it looks like Team Ford basically copped to there not being any private money/interest in the Sheppard subway. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/the-sheppard-subway-lines-troubled-history/article2133084/ From caption #9 " . . . His policy director, Mark Towhey, says...

Any idea where this staff report might be? I'm interested in reading it. My request to the City for aggregated property tax revenue data by Census Tract or Forward Sorting Area has hit a dead end.

Could I ask, what do you mean by this?

so the municipal portion of the tax would go from Residential 0.56% Multi-Residential 1.86% New 0.56% Multi-Residential Commercial General 1.83% Residual Commercial -* 1.70% Band 1 Residual Commercial -* 1.83% Band 2 Industrial 1.82% Pipelines 1.08% Farmlands 0.14% Managed...