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Originally Posted by ssiguy

American TOD, to use an anology, would be more like Calgary's Sunnyside station. Low rise apts, high density housing, townhomes all centred around a very pleasant walkable communtiy with small shops, cafes, restaurants, and community amenities, Canada's tend to be more Asian oriented with hyper density of uniform stell and glass 30 storey towers built around a mall. American TOD are areas people from outside the community would like to go to for a stroll or coffee while Canadian ones are just convient places to live.

Candian ones are certainly transit oriented but not very endearing borderline alienating with ussually no redeaming features except being near a transit station and certainly not what is considered to be "new urbanism". Functional but little beyond that. I think American TOD is a far better example of truee TOD with community building at it's core and an area where Canada could learn from the US about modern and sustainable urban planning.

Hmmm interesting. I guess you are right. Canada just doesn't like to "create" new pedestrian friendly neighbourhoods, just plop towers down wherever an LRT station shows up. The one reason Sunnyside station is a functional TOD area is because the Kensington neighbourhood was already an established pedestrian neighbourhood with an artsy vibe... and even the buildings they are putting up now continue that context(such as Pixel which I believe will have a nice retail podium)