09-22-2020, 08:48 AM
I understand the concern from most here, but at the end of the day the market will decide whether there is enough demand here. Personally I wouldn't want to live in a condo next to a hwy, but I do think there is demand for all types of housing. This may be "car" oriented but it is a 100% more pedestrian friendly than what is currently there or any of the new subdivision in south Kitchener/ Galt.
To Jaminican's point. It all well and good to want this type of redevelopment further down Hespeler, but I haven't seen any landowner step up and submit a proposal? The BRT lite is obviously is not a development boom to the area like and LRT can be. At some point there needs to be large developments along this stretch that shows there is a demand for higher order transit if Cambridge ever wants the LRT extension.
Obviously we are not the GTA, but I would point to several developments along a highway and a major road. Vaughn Metro Centre, Markham "Downtown", Coverdale mall, and the area around yorkdale mall. These are not a 100% walk everywhere type of neighborhoods, but most of them are close to Rapid transit and provide an alternative to living DT, or in a suburb where you have to drive.
To Jaminican's point. It all well and good to want this type of redevelopment further down Hespeler, but I haven't seen any landowner step up and submit a proposal? The BRT lite is obviously is not a development boom to the area like and LRT can be. At some point there needs to be large developments along this stretch that shows there is a demand for higher order transit if Cambridge ever wants the LRT extension.
Obviously we are not the GTA, but I would point to several developments along a highway and a major road. Vaughn Metro Centre, Markham "Downtown", Coverdale mall, and the area around yorkdale mall. These are not a 100% walk everywhere type of neighborhoods, but most of them are close to Rapid transit and provide an alternative to living DT, or in a suburb where you have to drive.