03-14-2019, 10:08 AM
(03-13-2019, 09:04 PM)rangersfan Wrote: I think the PARTs project really missed the mark in this area.
If we can't have dense developments steps from the multi modal transit hub then why did we even bother with the LRT?
I 100% agree, but a commitment from the city does have to mean something. They made a serious mistake, but that commitment is relevant.
(03-13-2019, 09:04 PM)rangersfan Wrote: There have been a lot of job losses recently in the community (Kraus Carpets, North, Erwin Hymer) and we have a situation where people are actively making it hard for a company to bring great jobs here.
There's a false equivalence of some sort in your argument about jobs. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but it feels jarring to me to compare actual lost manufacturing jobs with possibly constrained tech jobs - many of which aren't filled by residents of this community. Google famously busses in a lot of people from Toronto.
I think that's a great thing and there should be easier and better flow along the corridor, what I'm saying here is that these reasons are part of why I devalue the jobs argument in this situation and agree with the statement above about focusing on the validity of the neighbourhood vs development details.
I agree that changing modalities takes time and that needs to be considered. It's very similar I feel to the neighbourhood's argument that a sudden jump from low density to very high density is problematic. It's going to take time for people to adjust to the different types of density.