August 2, 2023
Overview
The Urban Mobility and Transportation Strategy study provides a compelling vision and direction for new urban centers such as Midtown.
Midtown is a vision for a fifteen-minute community embedded in a traditional car-centric suburb. Oakville, like most smaller cities and suburbs, is car centric by design, with cars being a critical requirement for accessing services. The Urban Mobility Report does recognize and acknowledge this but, in our view, does not adequately address the interface between the two. In the inevitable decades-long transition period the livability of existing Oakville neighborhoods seems bound to be negatively affected.
TCRA has a number of specific concerns. This document explores and highlights a number of these.
It may be decades until full services are available in Midtown (schools, rec centers, doctors, grocery stores etc.) and until then the residents will be car dependent like the rest of us. What is the transition plan, what will be the growing pains?
Downtown Oakville is a regional destination. With the planned population increase at Midtown, every north-south route will see increased volume, including active transportation. How will transportation to Downtown be managed?
READ THE FULL REPORT - https://tcra.ca/midtown-urban-mobility
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