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Old 07-02-2011, 02:46 PM   #631
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Originally Posted by frinkprof View Post
One of the reasons I get tripped up on the argument that outward LRT expansion induces sprawl is that a criterion for sprawl is that it is an auto-oriented pattern of development. Not to say that development can't be auto-oriented and have train service, because obviously examples abound in Calgary and elsewhere. I think that the two aspects are certainly at odds with each other though, philosophically. I think that it's more correct to say "LRT expansion, outward or otherwise, induces development." It takes a lot more than the LRT expansion fit all the criteria for being sprawl. Unfortunately a lot of it has been.
It seems our disagreement is largely a matter of definition. Whilst yours is probably more accurate, I will continue to apply the word "sprawl" to any new development at Calgary's periphery, until these developments start paying for themselves (including downstream effects). Newish communities that receive LRT expansions might be even more parasitic than those that don't!
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