In this series of three papers, we look at transit-supportive development in the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) and beyond. Ontario’s cities are growing fast — in the GGH, it is anticipated that the population will grow by 50% in 2041.
We see the impacts of growth around us in our daily lives: in rapid urban development and renewal, in busy highways and transit lines, and in rising housing prices. Growth is a challenge, but it’s also a big opportunity. We can harness the investment and people that growth brings to build better, more connected cities.
In Brief 1, we propose a shared framework that can help municipal planners and other authorities diagnose the interventions needed to improve the local conditions for transit-supportive development to ensure best outcomes.
Brief 2 includes a list of approaches and tools for building the economic conditions for residential and employment development along major transit lines, drawing from past and ongoing examples.
Brief 3 looks at the tools necessary for building the infrastructure and policy conditions along major transit lines, drawing from past and ongoing examples.
