More housing near transit won’t solve Toronto’s affordability crisis
Transit-oriented development sounds like progress, but it may just create more expensive housing in convenient locations, write architect Onah Jung
By Onah JungOnah Jung is a Toronto-based architect, urban designer, and founder of Studio Jonah. The City of Toronto recently revealed plans for more housing around Toronto’s 120 transit stations, including subways and LRTs. The goal of creating more housing around transit makes sense at first glance. Being close to stations would encourage people to use transit and reduce the need for parking. There are many benefits, in theory. I have seen this theory fail in real life. In the early 2000s, I... Read more
