rdaner
Senior Member
This is where the largest lots are for easy assembly. Same with developments going next to rail lines.
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Railrunner
Active Member
Building near transit good thing to see. But directly next to two major highways the exact opposite https://www.canada.ca/en/health-can...outdoor-pollution-health/traffic-related.html.
“Traffic is a major source of air pollution especially in urban areas. Traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) is a mixture of pollutants from:
- vehicle exhaust
- tire and brake wear
- other particles such as road dust
- evaporation of fuels from engine components
- black carbon (BC)
- carbon monoxide (CO)
- nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
- particulate matter (PM)
- ultrafine particles (UFP)
- polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
- benzene and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
Health effects of traffic-related air pollution
We evaluated the link between TRAP exposure and:- asthma, allergies and lung function
- childhood leukemia, adult lung cancer and adult breast cancer
- causes lung cancer in adults
- causes development and worsening of asthma symptoms in children
- likely reduces lung function
- likely causes childhood leukemia
- may cause allergies to worsen
- may cause breast cancer in adults
- may cause worsening of asthma symptoms in adults“
picard102
Senior Member
Mitigation strategies such as?
Railrunner
Active Member
If you pay me I will do a study and tell you.
picard102
Senior Member
Ah, so you make money on this.
Railrunner
Active Member
Nah I’m just messing with you, unless someone does want to pay me to do a study in which case I would say I’m serious. TRAP is also more important then the shadow studies I see all the time.
jmi22
Active Member
Based off the revision up to 17 stories, is it safe to say that prior 16 storey cap is now gone?
picard102
Senior Member
I imagine so now that the airport is gone for good.
HousingNowTO
Senior Member
Today may be one of my FINAL multi-modal visits to this “big dumb parking lot” before it closes forever in 3-weeks…
HousingNowTO
Senior Member
In an almost “too perfect” example of City Hall public communications failures — the ONLY visible signage announcing that the Parking Lot is CLOSING on Monday, November 18th are tiny little 8 x 10 signs that are stuck to things…
City needs to have GIANT billboard-sized signs at the entrances and the exits of the parking lot.
picard102
Senior Member
There is one facing the road along wilson as well. The neighbourhood had quite a fit when the last lot closed and pretended like no one ever informed them it was closing. So... here were are.
HousingNowTO
Senior Member
I have asked the City to roll-in a couple of the BIG DIGITAL signs that they use to announce Road closures, ASAP.
picard102
Senior Member
At a public consultation for this. Feels like this is the 100th consultation I’ve been too. 
picard102
Senior Member
Pasternak is claiming that this project is finally going ahead because he “threw in the towel” for protecting our critical commuter parking.
Someone at the condos across the street is complaining about this development.
Councillor has moved on to another presentation. People are still grumbling about parking and traffic. Talking about turning the new park at the Nordic condos into a parking lot.
Someone at the condos across the street is complaining about this development.
Councillor has moved on to another presentation. People are still grumbling about parking and traffic. Talking about turning the new park at the Nordic condos into a parking lot.
HousingNowTO
Senior Member
Signage is larger now. Parking Lot CLOSES on Monday.
Sidewalk closure planned for the North side of Wilson under the Allen Expressway, which I assume means some of the station entrances will be CLOSED too.