(05-24-2017, 12:28 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(05-17-2017, 08:18 PM)darts Wrote: How much of his LRT stance and how you perceive him affecting your thoughts on this matter, if he were to die today the next mayor would likely be in favour of a go train coming to Cambridge.
Everyone would be happy to take improved GO service since there is no cost to it, either financial or planning. But Metrolinx has to prioritize, and cities that are not supportive of transit or intensification will surely rank lower on the list.
(05-17-2017, 08:18 PM)darts Wrote: And as DH lawrence has pointed out there is a lot of land between Beverly and Shade st, at Beverly just past Dundas, there is a bunch of buildings near dundas st that will be next to the LRT.
There are buildings -- but would Cambridge allow them to be replaced with taller ones? And will they even accept any reasonable LRT routing in the first place?
The 3 story limit in downtown was only mentioned recently so that wouldn't be a reason over the last 10 years, and they allowed taller condos on the waterfront and the gaslight, and some sort of apartment building is going up at the bowling alley. So they haven't denied anything that has come to downtown.
As for LRT most of the route is acceptable, some people in preston don't want it to go through their neighbourhood, having been through there recently I can see why, the streets there are very narrow so it would require knocking down a few houses. Most of those residents weren't concerned when the route was along fountain to King to Eagle.