{"id":846,"date":"2006-06-05T21:59:08","date_gmt":"2006-06-06T01:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=846"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:44:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:44:16","slug":"commuting-by-transit-in-the-burbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/05\/commuting-by-transit-in-the-burbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Commuting by Transit in the &#8216;Burbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu\/images\/urbansprawl.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Star<\/em> published a very interesting story about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_Type1&amp;call_pageid=971358637177&amp;c=Article&amp;cid=1149198613058\">extraordinarily long transit commutes<\/a> factory workers (mostly immigrant) have to make between areas of the city where they can afford to live, and the transit-inaccessible factories where they work.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a good demonstration of the inefficiency of low-density development, whether residential or commercial, which simply cannot sustain good transit service and leaves people who cannot afford a car isolated. 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