hawc
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Thanks! I'll try and have a look at that this weekend. It's just off Leslie Street before Tommy Thompson Park begins.
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Thanks! I'll try and have a look at that this weekend. It's just off Leslie Street before Tommy Thompson Park begins.
jxmyth_
Senior Member
Yup, Bascule is still upright
hawc
Senior Member
It's been down the last few days, so I guess it just went upright again recently. I rode across it a few time over the weekend.
rdaner
Senior Member
That would be a serious issue now that the cruise ship terminal is active.
elcorrerador
Active Member
How long has it been stuck for?
I noticed it was up in upright on Tuesday. The worst part of this is that there was no signage mentioning than it wasn't accessible. Lots of drivers were going past Polson St then turning back. Not sure why they didn't put any signs at Polson and Cherry.
hawc
Senior Member
I wonder how many times it needs to go up and down per week?
Google Maps is alternately showing road closed until May 6th or May 8th.
Google Maps is alternately showing road closed until May 6th or May 8th.
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
The should call that bridge the Bascule Wood, as it's always up... >.<
abovegrade
Active Member
Is anybody going to the Villiers Island density study meeting in person tonight? If so, please let us know how it goes.
jxmyth_
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It was still up today (Thurs). I’d only bothered to look because I’d flipped on a live Johnny Strides video the other day, and some cyclist had asked him if the bridge was open. He’d mistakenly thought he meant the yellow one and told him yes. So no apparently no signage.
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There was a sign at Commissioners saying ROAD CLOSED but there are so many out of date signs in the City that it was ignored by many.
Jeff Morgan
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An interesting article from Smart Density about changes they would like to see to the current plan.
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The Time Is Now and the Opportunity Is Gold! Calling on Waterfront Toronto to Lead Us to a People-First, Cars-Last Urban Future - Smart Density
Tonight, Waterfront Toronto is hosting a public meeting to collect feedback for their recent release of a new design scheme that reflects the proposed density increase for Villiers Island. While the focus of the meeting is the density, it is another aspect of the plan that additional attention...
smartdensity.com
abovegrade
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I have flagged this to a board member on WT that I know through a friend.An interesting article from Smart Density about changes they would like to see to the current plan.
The Time Is Now and the Opportunity Is Gold! Calling on Waterfront Toronto to Lead Us to a People-First, Cars-Last Urban Future - Smart Density
Tonight, Waterfront Toronto is hosting a public meeting to collect feedback for their recent release of a new design scheme that reflects the proposed density increase for Villiers Island. While the focus of the meeting is the density, it is another aspect of the plan that additional attention...
I really also want to see more walkability and think we can do better on this front. Downsview shows us what’s possible.
Great article!
afransen
Senior Member
The response from officialdom will be that that type of development is not feasible here due the regulatory environment. So the real problem are the sacred cows like the size of emergency vehicles, prohibition on point access blocks/single stair development etc. If the answer is that it is not possible here, we need to understand why we are making livable cities illegal.
Northern Light
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Except for the problem of the above being entirely untrue, it's a fine thought.
Don't get me wrong I agree we have over sized loading in many buildings and yes, the fire dept can be an irritant at times.
But that has nothing to w/40M ROWs or even 20M rows in Villiers.
That's a function of streetwall height and density.
Villiers as currently proposed is 9,000 units on 20 hectares
Merwede is 4,250 units on 24 hectares.
So Villiers is much denser and much taller with 2.11x the number of units in just over 80% of the land area.
Villiers - 450 units per hectare
Merwede - 177 units per hectare.
When you drastically reduce height, you drastically reduce shadows and wind, this reduces the need for setbacks and large separation distances.
It also slashes the projected traffic too.
afransen
Senior Member
I was referring to the form they were proposing. It basically can't be done, even if we wanted to. Very little in the way of car light development is proceeding in North America. Cul De Sac Tempe is an example, and that still required concessions for emergency vehicle access.