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Tag: Richmond Hill
Earlier this year, I wrote about a major malfunction at a new Viva Rapidway station near Downtown Richmond Hill. The Major Mackenzie station on Yonge Street was built one block south of the busy east-west arterial road; passengers taking Viva buses were forced to walk from Major Mackenzie Drive south to the intersection of at […]
Despite Bloomington’s modern design and environmental features, it does not support contemporary demands for sustainable development or transportation.
York Region’s latest bus rapid transit project has a major flaw at Major Mackenzie Drive in Richmond Hill
GO Train at Gormley Station Previously on this blog, I wrote about how new public institutions like hospitals and university campuses are built in isolated, auto-dependent areas without regard to provincial land use policies. In St. Catharines, a new modern hospital on the city’s western outskirts replaced two urban sites, despite available opportunities that would […]
Sean Marshall 