Dundas here is hilariously terrible - it's got a 70km/h posted limit and is effectively a highway.
The problem lies with Halton Region who has extremely strict design criteria for arterial roads that solely prioritize not only vehicular capacity, but speed. And they will. not. compromise. So you get friggen highways driving right through dense areas.
All suburban areas seem to have problems with conflicts between regional municipalities owning roads and local planners designating and approving dense development along said roads.. you can see it in York Region with the fenced off parallels parking on Major Mack - local municipality approves parallel parking, region shuts it down once it is built since it impacts "vehicle operations".
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I mean Oakville at least had the brains to make the main pedestrian retail street in the area be Oak Park Boulevard, but still. Most of the density so far is going up either along Dundas or Trafalgar, which are both very hostile to pedestrians.
Don't even get me started on Trafalgar.. 30 storey skyscrapers are going up along roads with 80km/h limits and literally no sidewalks.