GEO 793 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Transit City, Metrolinx, Transportation Planning
25 Aug 2016
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Infrastructure: is the result of conscious political choices. Today, in between city there"s a lack of these infrastructure (inner suburbs: border between inner suburbs and outer suburbs) According to the author, it is in between to increasingly popular and growing area, the inner city is busting with social and political activities, its very dynamic, another area is equally dynamic is the outer suburbs. Census data shows that every 5 years, the outer suburbs are growing in terms of population and economically. In between the inner city and outer suburbs, the inner suburbs (in between) are seeing economic decline, very few local politicians are willing to invest any money. Federal: limited role, not been very active in developing any infrastructure: the last time they were directly involved in providing infrastructure: highway infrastructure across the country. Provincial: more involved in providing infrastructure for the region (city of toronto and. Gta), they have the authority to look beyond their boundaries.
