Strategic Pillar for Change -
Developing a Transit-Oriented City
Direction
Our Future Mississauga is a city where people can
get around without an automobile and where transit
will directly influence and shape the form of the
city. Transit will be a desirable choice that connects
people to destinations, and will underpin an environmentally
responsible, inclusive, vibrant and successful city.
Principle
Mississauga is a city that values clean-air and healthy
lifestyles through the promotion of transit as a preferred,
affordable and accessible choice.
Strategic Goals
Develop Environmental Responsibility -
to contribute to environmental responsibility by reducing
private automobile use and developing compact mixed-use
development.
Connect Our City -
to contribute to a vibrant, successful city by connecting
communities within Mississauga and within the Greater
Golden Horseshoe to support a 24 hour city.
Build a Reliable and Convenient System -
to make transit a faster and more affordable alternative
to the automobile, one that is frequent, clean, safe,
reliable and convenient, with a transit stop within
walking distance of every home and an intricate web
of higher order transit.
Increase Transportation Capacity -
to add capacity to the transportation system through
strategic investments in transit, additional links
in the street network and active mobility choices.
Direct Growth -
to direct growth by supporting transit-oriented development
policies and deliberate civic actions.
