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Originally Posted by SebC
Part of the reason the LRT will never keep up with sprawl is that the LRT induces sprawl. For example, building the LRT to Saddle Ridge would put a station about 1km away from undeveloped land, thus making that land significantly more attractive for developers. If we want to reduce sprawl we need to to shift the focus from extending the LRT to the perimeter of the city to making service improvements in the city centre that would reduce vehicle dependency. Many people take transit to work, but nowhere else. If we want to increase off-peak use, we need to improve off-peak service.
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I really do not know how new developments are approved but I assume the city must sign off on them. If this is indeed the case then what you wrote makes no sense whatsoever.