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But why would you want to redevelop the 403 corridor - arguably one of the most difficult one to urbanize just for the sake of the transitway when there are so much more low hanging fruits to be improved upon, with far greater bang for the buck at that in Mississauga?
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For me the 403 and the transitway runs right through the middle of the city. Having the Hurontario line and the Transitway as the main backbone of the city's transit system guarantees quick access to transit for most people in the city. i.e. Putting an LRT on Dundas between Kipling and Hurontario doesn't do much to help people in the rest of the city (that's not to say I don't support it, the more transit the merrier). Maybe you could compare it to a chicken or egg problem in that people in the Erin Mills area won't take transit as much as someone on Dundas mainly because it's not frequent or reliable enough, transit frequency won't be increased till ridership increases. So, planners have to be proactive about these things. We know making transit convenient for people will increase ridership, that's a major reason I advocate for prioritizing the Transitway. The potential for development along the corridor can provide additional incentive for prioritization of the transitway by the city and provincial government.
Having said that, as you said there are other areas of Mississauga that can be redeveloped, but I don't see why they have to be mutually exclusive. Developers would be licking their lips if the city was to free up more potential land for them to build on.
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