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Your semi-regular reminder. #reality 
Suburban Sprawl costs 38% more public money upfront & 10% more ongoing public cost than compact infill growth, with only 1/10th the created tax revenue, according to the report discussed in this @CityLab article.
#Sprawl is REALLY expensive for everyone.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
#Sprawl is REALLY expensive for everyone.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
“If you want a conversation about avoiding future municipal tax increases, that’s the only way you can do it…Suburban sprawl is an incredible drain on municipal finances, & thank goodness you’ve got the inner-city and infill development to subsidize it.”
winnipegfreepress.com/featured/2022/…
winnipegfreepress.com/featured/2022/…
The PPS/Growth Plan proposed changes are out and it’s got #sprawl written all over it. Here’s a snapshot 🧵
“Require municipalities to permit more housing on farms, including residential lot creation subject to criteria”
“Provide a simplified and flexible approach for municipalities to undertake settlement area boundary expansions. Municipalities would be allowed to create new Settlement Areas and would not be required to demonstrate the need for expansion”
#smartworking #thread.
Un tempo, dire "il #lavoro va fatto dove c'è", aveva un senso derivante dalla realtà, non vi erano alternative. Per secoli l'uomo è stato legato al luogo della produzione, fosse la gleba o l'officina. 1/n
Un tempo, dire "il #lavoro va fatto dove c'è", aveva un senso derivante dalla realtà, non vi erano alternative. Per secoli l'uomo è stato legato al luogo della produzione, fosse la gleba o l'officina. 1/n
Gli spostamenti erano minimali, non fosse altro perché i mezzi di trasporto non potevano consentire di coprire lunghe distanze in tempi compatibili con la durata del giorno lavorativo. 2/n
É con l'urbanizzazione che si assiste allo spostamento di masse progressivamente più ampie di persone, che si collocano in prossimità dei luoghi, le città, dove fioriscono nuove attività. 3/n
Voting on 2051 Official Plan now, looks as though it will include 250Ha of Oak Ridges Moraine (ORM) #Greenbelt land in #Vaughan...they are talking now about splicing it out & voting on it in parts? Staff clearly said can't sign off if it includes ORM land...1/x
Chair Emmerson who has failed to call motions out of order says on the whole the plan should be supported and it's only a little bit of the Oak Ridges Moraine here and there, not a precedent setting vote @YorkRegionGovt Code of Conduct 2/x
The poor Clerk is being asked to splice Official Plan apart so @YorkRegionGovt Council members can support the bits & pieces...It's crazy. So messy! It all stems from motions brought forward by politicians that should have been called our of order 3/x
Insane because @townofeg doesn't have an approved W/W servicing solution. Worse, at the behest of Mayor @VirginiaHackson @YorkRegionGovt is set to approve an urban boundary expansion on #farmland for 660Ha more. Wonder if the fire department can service it all? 1/4
#EastGwillimbury is still using open waste water lagoons in #HollandLanding, operating well past their best before day since 1974, discharging to #LakeSimcoe. Great article by @fatimabsyed 2/4 thenarwhal.ca/york-region-wa…
#YorkRegion Council will endorse the 2051 Official Plan tomorrow then submit to @ONmunicipal for approval by @SteveClarkPC. Growth proposed in EG is most expensive, requires 2 upgrades & EAs to the yet to be approved & built Upper York Sewage Solutions 3/4 yorkpublishing.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ash…
One of the KEY conversations in city-building we too often avoid because we’re accused of “pointing fingers:”
Who REALLY creates single-use, car-dependent suburban sprawl? Is it developers (& their consultants) who build it, or the local governments who allow & even mandate it?
Who REALLY creates single-use, car-dependent suburban sprawl? Is it developers (& their consultants) who build it, or the local governments who allow & even mandate it?
And let’s get this out of the way RIGHT away — It’s NOT “the market” that creates suburban sprawl. It won’t be built if no one builds it, and it won’t be built if no government allows it (and SUBSIDIZES it). And surveys have always shown the “market” wants other, better choices.
So is it developers or local governments that create suburban sprawl?
It’s easy to say “both,” & I’ve seen plenty of examples where this is true. Developers propose it & aggressively lobby for it, & then municipalities lock it into the rules so it’s the only thing that’s legal.
It’s easy to say “both,” & I’ve seen plenty of examples where this is true. Developers propose it & aggressively lobby for it, & then municipalities lock it into the rules so it’s the only thing that’s legal.
