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Originally Posted by halifaxboyns
That being said, I think you can build the road capacity and not see it gobbled up right away by thinking about designing new communities with a much higher density. If we focus on a transit village concept, where there is typically a high density corridor and mixed use area along the central community entrance points and along the main spine through the community with reducing density (and height) into the other areas - you can build more greenfield.
The catch with that is building a good transportation system to service these areas - either by LRT or BRT. Including these into any crossing design will be important.
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Great article in the G&M today on link between densification and good public transit. I wish that supposed "green" groups around Hali that seem to all be anti-height/density would read this:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle2022234/