North York Why Should I Care? Transit and Urban Planning

Everybody’s talking about transit. Our current system is overcrowded and ageing, and many commuters are frustrated. Congestion in North York is so bad it’s easy to question if anyone is thinking about transit planning and land-use planning in conjunction. There are many solutions being considered, but which one is the right one? And will any of them have a meaningful impact?

Please join us in welcoming two transportation experts for a discussion about transit, urban planning, and what we can expect from a new mayor and …

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Doing nothing to the Gardiner is too costly – By Fred

Doing nothing to the Gardiner is too costly – By Fred

On April 15, Calvin Brook, an urban designer and planner with Brook McIlroy and Dr Eric Miller, a civil engineering professor at the University of Toronto, led our discussion on the state and future of the Gardiner Expressway. The issues at stake are transportation and urban design.
We started with a litany of facts: at peak times a lane on the Gardiner carries 2000 cars per hour, with 1.2 people per car, and three lanes in each direction. So we get to about 7200 people per …

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