Keep in mind that the 10,000 people you're citing is to the Greater Toronto Area, not to downtown Toronto (the only place the GO train serves effectively as a destination) or even the City of Toronto for that matter. The overwhelming majority of GTA bound commuters from Waterloo Region and...

1) A subway is not being proposed. 2) 1km???? Fail.

Sure, but there are a ton of other cities in Ontario that have all of those things to an even greater degree but their downtowns aren't anything like Brantford's. In fact, I've met people from Brantford who say they make regular trips to places like Cambridge and Hamilton to go on shopping...

As someone whose home base is in Cambridge (currently living in Barrie for the summer), I could never understand why Brantford can't seem to find an economic niche. From an architectural point of view, it has some of the best bones in Ontario...a possible magnet for the creative class. Booming...

Mapleson, To give you a contextual background on density, it might come in handy to view some of these photos that were posted on www.wonderfulwaterloo.com from Ryan Hadley's Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanhadley/sets/72157622275193244/ This is where you can see how...

I didn't mean to imply that renters weren't worthy of transit access. Just a statement that they were apartments, not condo developments. Sorry about the misunderstanding. Charles street is one block southwest, running parallel from King. Duke street is parallel to King, one block to the...

This, if I recall, is the difference between how a county operates and how a regional municipality operates within the province of Ontario. Regionality Municipalities have authority over their constituent local municipalities, such as the cities and townships within them. Kitchener, Waterloo...

Not at all. In fact, low-income people and renters are more likely to take transit...especially students. What type? Single detached housing is sprouting up on all sides of the city. Residential intensification is mostly happening within a few blocks of King street, so it doesn't matter...

As someone who's from the area, there are a few problems with what you're saying. 1) The buildings going up around the universities are primarily rental accomodations, not condos. 2) There are only 2 new developments finishing up within a 5 minute walk of Queen and Highland streets. 560...