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Phase 1A: Preliminary MTSA Review Major Transit Station Areas Phase 1A: Preliminary MTSA Review April 2020 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CLIENT TEAM CONSULTANT TEAM Adrian Smith Rebecca Ramsey Duran Wedderburn Janice Cheung Joy Simms Paul Kulig Sean Hertel Craig Ferguson Nicola Sharp Matt Paziuk Les Buckman Jordan Talker Liz McHardy Alex Lavasidis TABLE OF CONTENTS 01 INTRODUCTION & PURPOSE 4 02 CONTEXT AND PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS 6 2.1 PROVINCIAL POLICIES 6 2.2 PEEL REGION: TRANSIT CORRIDORS, LINES, & STUDIES 8 2.3 LOCAL/AREA MUNICIPAL PLANNING STUDIES 9 03 REGIONAL MTSA ANALYTICAL LENSES 13 3.1 LIST OF MTSAs 13 3.2 ANALYTICAL LENSES 17 MOBILITY 18 MARKET AND GROWTH POTENTIAL 20 LAND USE AND BUILT FORM 22 COMMUNITY CONSIDERATIONS 24 04 MTSA PROFILES 26 MOBILITY, LAND USE AND BUILT FORM, MARKET AND GROWTH POTENTIAL, COMMUNITY CONSIDERATIONS 05 MTSA TYPOLOGY 28 06 EMERGING FRAMEWORK 48 07 APPENDIX 56 1.0 / INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY complemented by the completion of local planning and implementation activities by Local Within the the evolving landscape of the Greater Municipalities. Golden Horseshoe, the Region of Peel experiences unique patterns of goods and people movement. KEY OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT Peel Region is home to Canada’s busiest airport (Lester B. Pearson International Airport); is criss- • Identify and prioritize MTSAs across Peel crossed by the regional GO Transit train system; Region and is home to two of Ontario’s largest municipal • Delineate MTSA boundaries transit systems (MiWay and Züm). • Provide direction on the development of Peel Region is also characterized by a unique minimum and/or alternative densities diversity of built and natural environments across the three-municipality geography, from significant • Guide the development of Regional Official heritage landscapes in Caledon to the intensifying Plan policies that encourage transit-supportive waterfront and downtown areas of Mississauga. development The Region is home to over 1.4 million people and • Support the municipal policy development is expected to continue to grow, placing additional processes of Mississauga, Caledon, and pressure on existing resources and presenting new Brampton and other planning initiatives opportunities for the growth of a strong, integrated underway with key transportation stakeholders regional economy. (e.g. Metrolinx’s Mobility Hub Studies). Key to the success of Peel Region and a connected future is the movement of people. With continued population growth, the Region has an opportunity to support existing and future communities through 6.5% well-planned transit infrastructure that reinforces Between 2011-2016, the population of sustainable development patterns. Attracting, Peel grew from 1,296,809 to 1,381,739, sustaining, and accommodating future growth in Peel Region will rely on intensification that is well a growth rate of 6.5%. During the same supported by transit. As part of a commitment to period, Brampton grew by 13.3% and supporting healthy places to live and work, the Caledon by 11.4% - in comparison to the Region is studying the role and function of Major national growth average of 5.8% for central Transit Station Areas (MTSAs) across the many municipalities.1 different communities in the Region. The purpose of the Peel MTSA Study is to collaborate with local stakeholders to study, delineate, prioritize, and develop policies for 45 million transit areas that are key to the Region’s future. Peel is home to Canada’s busiest airport: These policies will support emerging, regional Lester B Pearson International Airport. With strategies for transit-oriented development in over 45 million total passengers in 2017, the Region’s ongoing Official Plan Review, in Pearson served approximately 30% of total air accordance with provincial policy that includes the passengers to Canada in 2017 2 Growth Plan (2019). The Region’s role will be to 1. Statistics Canada, Census (2006-2016) / 2. Statistics continue to focus on growth and infrastructure, Canada, Air passenger traffic at Canadian airports, annual (2019). 4 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 1.2 STUDY PROCESS • Task 1: Preliminary MTSA Boundary PURPOSE AND INTRODUCTION Delineations The Peel MTSA Study began in January 2019 and will be completed in 2 phases: • Task 2: Preliminary MTSA Growth Capacities & Densities (Analytical Lenses) • Phase 1A: Preliminary review of existing and proposed MTSAs and other Strategic Growth • Task 3: MTSA Profiles Areas • Task 4: Framework and Policy Direction - • Phase 1B: Integrated Land Use, Transportation Prioritized MTSAs for Implementation Planning Infrastructure, and Financial Planning for Figure 1 below details how these tasks and related MTSAs activities fit together to inform a framework and Both of these phases represent a series of subsequent policy direction for a finalized list analytical tasks and consultation events with of MTSAs that has been rationalized through Regional staff, Local Municipal staff, development analysis and consultation. The Consultation Plan and transportation stakeholders, and the general details how these activities occur in tandem public. This report details the approach and with stakeholder, public, and Regional Council findings for Phase 1A, which represents 4 Tasks: consultation throughout 2019. PHASE 1A PHASE 1B MTSA PROFILES IDENTIFY ANALYTICAL PRELIMINARY AND EMERGING INTEGRATED POTENTIAL MTSAs LENSES DELINEATIONS POLICY PLANNING DIRECTIONS SUMMER 2019 FALL 2019 WINTER 2019 WINTER 2020 SPRING 2020 1. MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE 2. MARKET GROWTH MTSA PROFILE CAPACITY ANALYSIS CONTEXT ANALYSIS INVENTORY (91) POTENTIAL FUTURE GROWTH LIST OF MTSAs CATEGORIZE MTSA 3. LAND USE AND GROWTH AND CAPACITY AND PROVIDED BY LOCAL PROFILE TYPOLOGIES BUILT FORM DENSITY ANALYSIS DENSITY ANALYSIS MUNICIPALITIES 4. COMMUNITY DEVELOP TYPOLOGIES FRAMEWORK AND CONSIDERATAIONS POLICY DIRECTION Figure 1. MTSA Phase 1A Study Process 5 2.0 / CONTEXT AND PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS 2.1 PROVINCIAL POLICIES • Integrate transportation and land use considerations at all stages of the planning process (1.6.4). The Province has been very active since the • Major facilities and sensitive land uses, should mid-2000s in establishing a coordinated and be planned to ensure land use compatibility to comprehensive policy regime to guide land use and minimize risk to public health and safety and infrastructure planning, environmental protections, ensure long-term viability of major facilities and rapid transit delivery across the Greater (1.2.6.1) Toronto and Hamilton Region (GTAH). Common across these policies is containing growth within • Coordinate emergency management and other existing settlement areas, and investing in higher- economic, environmental and social planning order transit and encouraging denser mixed-use considerations to support efficient and resilient development to lessen reliance on the automobile. communities (1.2.3) On-going is a review by the Province of this policy framework, which has since the beginning of 2019 (B) PLACES TO GROW: GROWTH PLAN FOR THE produced a number of proposed changes to key GREATER GOLDEN HORSESHOE, 2019 growth- and infrastructure-related legislation and programs. While these proposed changes do not, so The Growth Plan directs a significant portion new far, fundamentally change growth and investment growth to existing built-up areas towards achieving priorities across the GTHA, the new and/or revised the 2041 population and employment targets for policies will continue to shape planning and upper tier municipalities. In turn, most of that development processes by upper- and lower-tier growth is directed to Strategic Growth Areas, with municipalities. high development potential and well-served by transit, which include Urban Growth Centres and Major Transit Station Areas. More specific to this (A) PROVINCIAL POLICY STATEMENT, 2020 Study are those policies that: The Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) is a broad, • Establish target densities of 200 people and high-level document which establishes matters jobs per hectare (ppj/ha) at and around subway of Provincial interest with which planning, stations, 160 ppj/ha for light rail transit (LRT) development, and infrastructure decisions must and bus rapid transit (BRT) stations, and 150/ be consistent. Among these stated interests are to ppj/ha for GO Transit rail stations (2.2.4.3); provide a range and mix of housing types (1.4.1), and protect natural features for the long term (2.1.1) • Define MTSAs as an area of 500 to 800 metres and conserve significant cultural landscapes around each station, or approximately a 10- (2.6.1). Specific to the Study are those related to minute walk. transportation systems, including to: It is important to note that the Growth Plan defines • Make efficient use of existing and planned MTSAs as the area including and around any infrastructure (1.6.1); existing or planned higher order transit station or • Promote land use patterns and development stop within a settlement area; or the area including densities that minimize the length and number and around a major bus depot in an urban core. of vehicle trips (1.6.3); and Major transit station areas generally are defined as the area within an approximate 500 to 800 metre radius of a transit station, representing about a 10- minute walk. 6 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER The Growth Plan 2019 defines MTSAs as stations • Allowing upper- and lower-tier municipalities to located on Priority Transit Corridors (Schedule establish density targets for MTSAs in advance 5 – Moving People), being those GO Transit of completing
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