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Originally Posted by someone123
I was never all that excited by laneway houses or four plexes but I think 20 storeys is different. It is only a FAR of 5 though (it makes more sense to talk about FAR than floor count IMO when there are required setbacks). A good step but hopefully can be taken farther in the future.
I wonder what the impact on politics will be. There are already the Point Grey people who don't want the SkyTrain in their area and they really really won't want it if it comes with guaranteed upzoning rather than an upzoning battle.
Another aspect is that Canadian cities, if they want to do this kind of generic zoning, should put more effort into heritage/character preservation and public space in these areas.
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I think this makes the Conservative housing platform moot with regard to BC. Does it not? To think it came from a "socialist" government. We just need Ontario to do the same thing and the Conservatives need to return to the drawing board.
Irrespective of which party proposes it I think it is a good idea. But it needs to be backed up with Phase II that involves the massive expansion of transit. Perhaps we can see acceleration of Skytrain to UBC, along Hastings and Arbutus LRT.
I think we should see it as a game changer in transit planning. When deciding the viability of a new transit route the calculation is not about current demand along a route but projected demand based on residential build out with zoning changes known a priori.
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