simply Dan
Active Member
Better to have thousands of parking spots in places like Milton or Whitby than extra cars in the downtown core and on our highways every day.
Then why boast about all the parking spots they build each year?
^Exactly. Once lines start to see proper service then redevelopment wont be far behind. In the meantime, the parking lots are fine, and if anything, serve to reserve the land so that nothing else is built on it until the day GO can start selling it off.
With a handful of exceptions, GO train stations are located far away from the smaller, regional downtowns making the creation of a seamless urban fabric a futile experiment.
Sean's right. GO might as well be a part of the 400 highway system, or a parking authority by proxy. It is an agent for sprawl.
Sean's right. GO might as well be a part of the 400 highway system, or a parking authority by proxy. It is an agent for sprawl.
Would downtown Toronto be as dense now without GO Transit? Better to have all that parking space in the suburbs than in downtown, is it not?
Attention News/Assignment Editors:
Transport Canada - Media Advisory
OTTAWA, June 7 /CNW Telbec/ - The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of
Finance, on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport,
Infrastructure and Communities, along with MPP Kevin Flynn, on behalf of the
Honourable Donna Cansfield, Ontario Minister of Transportation and
Peter Smith, GO Transit Chairman, will be making an important announcement
regarding transportation on GO Transit Lakeshore West rail corridor.
Minister Flaherty, MPP Kevin Flynn and Mr. Smith will all be speaking at
the event and a brief question and answer period will follow. Media
representatives are invited to attend.
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Date: Friday, June 8, 2007
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: GO Transit Oakville Station
214 Cross Ave.,
Oakville, Ontario
(near Trafalgar Road, Exit 118 off the QEW)