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Old 04-01-2011, 03:42 PM   #445
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Originally Posted by Addick View Post
Although I believe that the LRT does help fuel sprawl-type development, I'm wary of the alternatives. Obviously if we stopped extending the LRT the best alternative would be inner-city densification and the development of compact, transit-oriented suburbs. However, I believe the worse, and more likely outcome, would be completely auto-dependent suburban sprawl. Limiting the improvement of public transit to inner-city improvements and extensions into compact suburbs that follow the principles of Smart Growth would have to be part of a larger and holistic spatial planning approach.
Well the other part of the strategy is that you don't build freeways to the outer suburbs either. I'm looking at you, ring road.

Or you make the new suburbs pay for themselves, including their roads, transit, and downstream effects, and then induced demand isn't a problem at all.

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