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Buildguy said:
@interchange42 not trying to dodge anything actually.

Often times it takes visionary projects to inspire change in transit development. It’s a debate that runs true for many projects across the city. Who would have imagined some of the areas in our city where visionary developers created projects and transit soon followed. Who would have imagined that Sterling Rd would become a major urban destination and then the Union Pearson (UP) connection would soon follow. I don’t think anyone would propose this much density without some understanding of the future of the city, it’s connection to downtown and it’s connection globally through Pearson. For sure, people will arrive there by car as it's shown in the plans but why not project a bold future. Good on them.
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Not trying to gang up on you here, but really, is this what you would call a visionary project? Even for Toronto standards, this is lackluster at best and it's nothing more than a suburban office park.

I'm not complaining too much though, because Toronto needs more office space outside of the downtown core. We cant keep funneling thousands of more people to the core with our transit system the way it is.
 
@Amare

There are similarities to suburban office parks but it seems more of an evolution. Look at how much parking is at grade for starters.

Look across the street. Not so typical once you analyze.
 
Across the street from Mississauga's BRT and next to the Etobicoke Creek Trail


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This is some decent densification of the transitway. Still a load of parking.

Maybe someday the transitway can become like this:

 
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