Posted Feb 8, 2012, 12:46 AM
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Just to add - Barrhaven's transitway runs the 95 buses all the way to the very end (Barrhaven Centre, whch is currently just a field behind RioCan). I have caught a 95 bus heading downtown here at 1 a.m. (visiting friend, car in shop) and arrived back at Bayview (near where I live) less than 40 minutes later.
If you lived 250 metres away from this station, or closer, there would be no transfer nor much waiting in order to get downtown for work.
As for urban design, at Longfields Station two stops up the line in Barrhaven, 8 and 4 storey buildings are being planned (Campanale Homes) around that station. Granted, these represent only small to moderate bursts of density in a low-density community, but it's better than nothing. Certainly, this did not exist a few years ago.
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