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Preserving farmland and woodlands across the 905 from development. Dense, transit-oriented development focused along rail lines, not necessarily expressways, doubling the density of the Yellowbelt within the 416 and older 905 suburbs, the redevelopment of shopping centres across the region as multi-use developments with significant housing.
It is kind of hard to merely double the density of yellow-belt, unless you mean adding basement units, etc. A redevelopment often needs to be at least 4x denser than what it is replacing to be worthwhile, unless the property is already knock-down ready--like replacing two or three deep-lot SFHs with a perpendicular set of townhouses. A developer would need to be building 10 units to make it worthwhile knocking down the 2-3 detached homes.
I'm not saying "double the density by rebuilding on every single lot in the Yellowbelt." I'm saying change the rules so that greater densities are possible in the Yellowbelt, so that over coming years, the density doubles overall within the area. Many single family properties would no doubt remain untouched, but allowing townhome blocks to be built, missing middle buildings to go in, granny flats to go in (or garden flats if you prefer that term), etc., would go a long way to easing all sorts of development pressure.
Thanks for the info but I already know all of this. By just going on Google Earth and tapping the city's name and the city's boundary lines pop up in red. If anything Milton should have moved westwards first on both sides of the 401 corridor first. Bounded from Derry rd to 5 side road quadrants moving towards to Mississauga. Keeping the land towards the Escarpment free of development as long as it can. And develope around the 401 and 407 corridors first .
Ten years ago cyclists would have killed to have simple painted bike lanes. Now that they have them, they complain they're not safe enough. Paranoia grows in lockstep with increases in safety.
This is perhaps a function of increased safety expanding the definition of 'cyclists'. In the 'share the road/sharrows' era, you only get the daredevils or 'Strong and Fearless' representing about 4% of the population. Then you get painted bike lanes, and the 'Enthused but confident' start riding, and at 9% of the population they dwarf the numbers of the bicycle couriers and adrenaline junkies. Then, as we start to get a taste of the what good cycling infrastructure looks like (basic protected cycle lanes, not even protected intersections) the 'interested but concerned' that represents 56% of the population uses and enjoys those segments that are acceptable quality, and their dramatically larger numbers bring political pressure to bear to connect the disparate segments of acceptable bicycle infrastructure together. That 'cyclists' are demanding more and more adequate infrastructure is not surprising. But these are mostly just 'people who ride bikes' and not 'cyclists'. If you have Dutch levels of cycling infrastructure, even many of those people who might think 'no way no how' would cycle, at least occasionally, if it were the most convenient way of making the trip.
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This isn't ten years ago. This is a time when the benefits of active transportation are better understood by society at large, when more people are cycling, and there is greater recognition that we can much better in protecting cyclists. Under we go full Dutch, we still have a ways to go. Protected cycle lanes are understandably controversial in areas where motorized vehicle lanes are being taken out to create bike lanes, I get it, drivers don't want to be inconvenienced for anything, but out here where there's a blank slate to work with, not providing properly protected bike lanes from the get-go could be argued to be willful negligence.
In the tender is says "provide a 5.0m raised centre median (if applicable) where there are no access impacts to existing side streets or residential properties".
No, I don't think they are leaving any space for a bus lane, it seems just a median for separation when there is no centre left turn lane present.
