Sapperton

Sapperton would be the neighborhood to look at for signs of revitalization, and I cannot see any.

Olympic Line (short) closure notice « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

An example would be LRT operating on street in the city of Langley then switching to main line railway operation stopping only at Cloverdale, Newton, Kennedy, Bridgeview, Sapperton, Sperling and Renfrew before reverting to closely spaced stops from Main to Burrard.

Province pushes Evergreen Line ‘aggressively’ « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

The density of “Sapperton”, of all the building lots contained within a “Quartier” 400m or 0.25 mile radius circle centred on Sapperton Park, can be the equivalent of the densities achieved in the Lougheed, Ioco, and Coquitlam tower centres.

Olympic Line (short) closure notice « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

The resulting urban quality in Sapperton would be far superior—and safer: less policing costs, municipal and private, and no strata fees.

Olympic Line (short) closure notice « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

That means that we could build 33% of Sapperton along a 210m stretch of No.3 Rd. simply by using the mall and strip mall parking lots, and the No.3 R.O.W.

Olympic Line (short) closure notice « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

So, if the destination is a walkable “quartier” like we described Sapperton, or a transfer to a street-based system, then we have built the system that will deliver what we really want.

Olympic Line (short) closure notice « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

Note that an unrelated project named “Anvil” is open and incorporates the entry plaza of the overpass leading to Sapperton Station.

Olympic Line (short) closure notice « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

Furthermore, we can achieve equivalent densities to tower neighbourhoods through incremental intensification of places like Sapperton.

Olympic Line (short) closure notice « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

Of course that line still managed to put a few stations in really weird locations: VCC-Clark where a steep hill prevents connection to the #22 bus, Sperling where highway development and park land completely isolates it, and Sapperton that appears to have been put in the most awkward spot they could find.

Expected commuter crush on SkyTrain didn’t happen « Stephen Rees's blog 2009

Greathouse, Sapperton, and King, three traders who had a post on Yellow

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