{"id":1317,"date":"2010-02-25T13:50:29","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T18:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/?p=1317"},"modified":"2011-01-14T14:21:13","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T19:21:13","slug":"growth-making-the-most-of-our-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/2010\/02\/25\/growth-making-the-most-of-our-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Growth: making the most of our community"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Growth\"<\/p>\n

We all know that York Region<\/a> is growing. In some parts of the Region, this growth is happening so quickly that some people might worry their neighbourhoods could change in ways they won\u2019t like. Truth is, growth throughout the Greater Toronto Area<\/a> is going to continue and bring about change \u2013 it\u2019s inevitable.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why York Region has been so enthusiastic about bringing the vivaNext<\/a> rapid transit expansion. But what does rapid transit have to do with managing growth, and why should you care? Let\u2019s talk about this.<\/p>\n

With growth, many more people will come to York Region, all wanting homes, jobs, and pleasant places to shop and relax. That means more new business and residential development, and more people needing to move around. Saying no to growth isn\u2019t an option, but there are choices in what new development gets built, and where it happens. This is where growth can be good \u2013 or result in change that isn\u2019t so good.<\/p>\n

In the past, there was lots of room for new development, and it could spread out. Because it was spread out, people often drove everywhere \u2013 to go shopping, to get to work, to do the things that mattered. That was fine when our roads weren\u2019t so crowded, and you could get around easily.<\/p>\n

Over the years, two things have happened that changed the way we plan for new developments. One thing is an understanding that available land is limited. Limits have been placed on developments in the fragile greenbelt around the GTA that also surrounds York Region, protecting those lands for future generations. The second thing is that getting around the spread-out developments of the past is taking much longer, now that there are so many more cars on the road.<\/p>\n

Part of the answer lies in careful planning for new growth. York Region\u2019s Official Plan<\/a> sets out clear rules for where new growth will go, and what will be allowed. Our existing neighbourhoods will stay much the way they are, but new developments will be more compact and pedestrian-friendly \u2013 especially along the main corridors. The other part of the answer lies in making sure that all new development can be easily reached by rapid transit, so people won\u2019t need to rely on cars to get where they want to go.<\/p>\n

With this plan, you\u2019ll get to enjoy all the things you love about living here, plus you\u2019ll have even more places to go and things to do\u2026all connected by a leading-edge rapid transit system that will make getting around easier than ever before.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the plan, and vivaNext is a key part of it.\u00a0 So \u2013 tell us \u2013 what are the things YOU want to keep the same \u2013 and what new things do you wish were here?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We all know that York Region is growing. In some parts of the Region, this growth is happening so quickly that some people might worry their neighbourhoods could change in ways they won\u2019t like. Truth is, growth throughout the Greater Toronto Area is going to continue and bring about change \u2013 it\u2019s inevitable. That\u2019s why […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,62],"tags":[18,350,105,334,22,14,939,7,9,335],"class_list":["post-1317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-live-work-play","tag-city-planning","tag-growth","tag-gta","tag-new-development","tag-ontario","tag-rapid-transit","tag-urban-planning","tag-vivanext","tag-york-region","tag-york-regions-official-plan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1317"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1322,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317\/revisions\/1322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}