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Originally Posted by esquire
^ Perhaps suburbs could be more sustainable if we went back to the postwar style of building them? You look at an area like, say, West Kildonan, and it's built with gridded streets that are transit and walking friendly, reasonably sized lots, multifamily and commercial uses that are integrated with the area and not set completely apart on high speed roads with massive parking lots, and at first glance it feels more sustainable than pretty well anything that has been built since the 80s.
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Well if not sustainable now they would at least lend themselves well to densification and intensification later on down the road. What we need now though is not to build too far afield and really focus on land efficiency nearer the core. It's good for everyone. I think that a major component of this though is going to be creating a really good rapid transit system. One that doesn't really try to serve the suburbs. Focus on the core area and make it easier to live car free then you can add some lines out to the edges of the city to create other zones of density. Just look at any European city and imagine their transit system copy pasted here. Would make a massive difference even to have a fraction.
All that to say though that density needs to be prioritized but it won't happen or be effective without excellent transit