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Light-Rail City Planning in Kitchener

By KENNETH_GRAY TUE, NOV 3 2009 COMMENTS(2) THE BULLDOG

Filed under: light rail, City of Ottawa, OC Transpo, Jim Watson, Alex  
Cullen, transit
Here is what happens to a city when it builds light rail. In this  
case, it is Kitchener:

In an effort to create a vibrant urban neighbourhood city officials  
have redrawn the land use map for an important stretch of King Street  
West.

The area from the railway tracks to Union Street is among seven chosen  
for a new attempt at city building. In the parlance of City Hall  
planners this stretch of King Street West is a Mixed Use Corridor.

"It's really like an evolution of these urban areas that we see as  
important," Alain Pinard, the city's interim director of planning, says.

King Street West is the first of those seven areas to have the  
properties in the corridor rezoned to support development that is  
pedestrian oriented and transit friendly.

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Transit Afficionado
I think it's imperative that we have station area plans for the inner  
city areas as well. Many of them have development potential, like  
Hurdman, Bayview and Cyrville. In addition, many of them have  
redevelopment opportunities. These are the stations thatwill give us  
the most if we redevelop and plan around them, not the greenfields of  
the future.

November 04, 2009

8:24 AM

waterloowarrior
Waterloo Region has also been undertaking a station area planning  
initiative... for Ottawa I think we can do some of the same,  
especially once we extend our line past the initial line.

rapidtransit.region.waterloo.on.ca/index.php

November 03, 2009

10:41 PM

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