06-07-2018, 11:06 AM
(06-06-2018, 07:00 PM)JoeKW Wrote: Not sure why you put an LRT line on Ira Needles. There won't be much expansion west of it (well, maybe with Doug Ford)... wouldn't it make more sense to put it on Fischer Hallman?
In reality, right now the NDP has positioned itself as the party of sprawl in a subtle but more damaging way than Doug Ford had. Ford at least backed away from doing land swaps in the green belt. Horwath has continually spoken as much about the war on car as Doug (without calling it that), has positioned herself as the candidate who believes "more buses" are the solution to transit woes, rather than fixed high capacity routes.
But most problematic was her pitch to un-toll the provincially-owned section of the 407, as well as the 412 and 418. Doing this would put a far greater pressure on destroying the green belt and creating even more exurban commuting zones than any of Ford's proposals.
It's a stretch (but one I'm comfortable imagining) that with the aim of un-tolling highways, and of bringing private infrastructure under public control (regarding our electrical system), she might even consider trying to acquire the 407 and untoll it, and with that, truly become the party of sprawl.
I invite anyone who doubts the impact of creating highway capacity on our ability to hold off on development to take a look at the unprotected land area between the triangle of Cambridge, Waterloo, and Guelph, and watch as the new highway 7 turns farms into subdivisions.