{"id":4810,"date":"2016-11-25T13:55:21","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T18:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/?p=4810"},"modified":"2016-11-25T14:05:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T19:05:16","slug":"when-urbanism-comes-to-a-small-city-the-impact-is-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/2016\/11\/25\/when-urbanism-comes-to-a-small-city-the-impact-is-big\/","title":{"rendered":"when urbanism comes to a small city, the impact is big"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When urban projects that bring complete streets happen in a big city, they have an impact. A recent big-city example is Simcoe Street in Toronto<\/a>, which increased pedestrian space and added bike lanes. But to be honest, these projects don\u2019t create the same splash as they do in small cities. In fact, they can get\u00a0a bit lost<\/a> in amongst the city as a whole.<\/p>\n

When urbanism comes to small or even medium-sized cities<\/a>, the effect can be huge \u2013 even transformative \u2013 creating \u00a0a new downtown<\/a>. And the vivaNext and subway project in Vaughan<\/a> is doing just that.<\/p>\n

A recent article, called \u201cNew Urbanism’s impact on small-to-midsize cities<\/a>\u201d, from the American journal Public Square<\/em>, lays out several remarkable examples of the effects of complete streets\u2019 on smaller centres.<\/p>\n

The article describes the positive impacts urban projects have had on a selection of small U.S. cities:<\/p>\n