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Originally Posted by 1overcosc
Transportation master plan update & OP update now before council. Some interesting tidbits from it:
-Kingston expects its population to grow slowly over the next 20 years, then start declining around 2035. The prediction is that the city will not attract enough newcomers (both domestic & international) to offset the deaths of the local baby boomers
-No new land is added to the urban growth boundary until at least 2031
-The new official plan opens up the former Collins Bay Penitentiary Prison Farm lands to development, with about 10,000 residents accommodated there
-Transit mode share to be increased from 5% to 9%, total non-auto mode share to be increased to 26%, by 2034.
-Transportation master plan proposes improving frequency on express routes to 7.5 minutes at peak, 15 minutes off peak, and increasing evening/Sunday frequencies to match that of Saturday & midday service
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-Well at least they're realistic in their population projections, albeit unfortunate, only so many people want to retire there.
-Now new land is a good thing, especially considering the issues with current services within city limits, it would only get worse with an expansion.
-Only 10000 in the pen lands? I was hoping there would be at least double (well preferably none and the lands revert back to farm land but too late for that), but I think there would be the issue of perceived security based on the minimum/medium security pens there, which would make the houses dirt cheap... and hard pressed for occupants.
-Transit share shouldn't be too difficult so long as the user growth stays the way it was last year.
-7.5 minute peak and 15 off? That's pretty amazing considering the size of the city in comparison to other jurisdictions. Kinda proud of that.