Will Toronto’s land use plans meet the moment?

Over the past six years, the City of Toronto has blazed through what amounts to a revolution in land use and zoning changes, the likes of which haven’t been seen since the mid-1990s. These include allowing multiplexes in house neighbourhoods, intensification along a broad swath of major streets and an ambitious reform, imposed by the provincial government, to drive high-density development to areas immediately around dozens of rapid transit stations.

Indeed, given the often ponderous pace of planning reform in a cautious city with a long history of NIMBY politics, this period could be described as radical.