The Broadway Subway line will…
Damage livability in the Broadway corridor
- Affect local neighbourhood character by accelerating rate of change
- Force transit users underground
- Impact urban livability with larger buildings, shading and shadowing and loss of open space
- Destroy local retail
Increase land costs and decrease housing affordability
- Induces property speculation
- Induces property value increase and property tax increase
Reduce rental availability
- Induces tenant eviction, demoviction, renoviction
- Rental housing is inevitably redeveloped in proximity to new stations
Cause excessive development in the Broadway Corridor
- Excessive development will be proposed and approved, as can be seen with Oakridge, Langara, Marine Gateway, Metrotown, Brentwood, Joyce…
Stop the BS 