PLG 520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: London Buses Route 183, Aerotropolis, Hectare
28 Nov 2017
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Toronto pearson and the evolution of the airport employment area josh neubauer (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1005)5: the neptis fou(cid:374)datio(cid:374) releases a report that ide(cid:374)tifies the (cid:862)airport (cid:373)egazo(cid:374)e(cid:863) (cid:894)am)(cid:895) as the 2nd largest employment zone in canada: 300k jobs. Neptis: growth is primarily in finance and business services and population-related jobs. Accounts for billion or 6. 3% of ontario gdp facilities 332,000 ontario jobs (49k direct jobs) Each daily international route = million annual gdp impact connects the region to 67% of global economies. Pearson is gro(cid:449)i(cid:374)g fast & o(cid:374) the (cid:448)erge of (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)g a (cid:862)(cid:373)ega hu(cid:271)(cid:863) Pearson is in the top 15 airports by international passengers. Most of the airport employment area is low density, car oriented and unsustainable. As low as 15 employees per hectare can go up to 33 employees per hectare in the mississauga area. At peak airport activity hours, the aez highway network is severely congested. Higher order connectivity to the airport and surrounding areas is every limited.
