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Originally Posted by roger1818
Who says it has to be to be like "go transit" and be "based around park and rides?" Have a look at the Netherlands. They have a great system of commuter rail and buses to small, rural, walkable communities. The key is in how we build those communities. The problem is that is that Toronto is the only city of reference many people on here have seen.
My only reference to GO transit was to point out the inequity that the province fully funds it, but does little to help greater Ottawa.
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None of our official plans propose anything like the Netherlands. Especially out the Greenbelt. When they do, your point will be valid.
We live in a city where culturally density is seen as something that would be reserved for the downtown core. Heck, in this thread we literally have folks like you and lrt's friend droning on about how there should be choice and that it's apparently communism to insist on density (the pre-requisite for walkability). And let's face it, you're on this forum, so you're the enlightened suburbanites. Ask your neighbours what they'd think about the kinds of "suburban" neighbourhoods seen in Amsterdam. I expect expressions of horror and revulsion at the threat to their vision of suburbia.
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