Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph

[danbrotherston]

I have a travel budget that pays for the car, so cost wasn't an issue in my case. Also, while many streets city center streets are closed, you can easily get rather close to the center. Additionally there is plenty of well advertised parking near it, which includes live updates as to the number of free spaces available in each location.

Ahh, that is nice lol.

Yes, that is true, that is another thing I would point out, I think Europe actually makes more efficient use of their car infrastructure as well.

I don't have any numbers on it, but it is my impression, quiet rural roads here, are always two lanes wide, but in the Netherlands they were usually 1 - 1.75 lanes wide, requiring cars to either slowly squeeze past each other or use turnouts. For quite roads, this is probably both safer (as it forces drivers to go slower) and cheaper, requiring less paving. And using a parking management system like that would help mitigate the problem of users perceiving parking that is only 60% used, as "being full all the time" as we currently see in uptown parking studies.