Highway 401 Widening - Highway 8 to Townline Road

[tomh009]

This is the policy that has driven widening for the past 70 years, widening only makes the traffic worse, the only way to stop increasing traffic is to stop widening.

If we stopped widening, people would use other modes. If we want to remove congestion, pricing, not infinite widening is a solution that would actually reduce volumes.

Not widening, without offering alternatives, is not a realistic solution. People need transport, and so do goods.

We don't have a viable commuter rail option. Not enough frequency, and not enough speed. And not enough connectivity at either end (not everyone is commuting from DTK to Union Station). AD2WGO is like a mirage that keeps moving out, and while I hope we get it sometime not too far away, it's unclear whether we can get any substantial performance improvements with it.

And, as someone else said, GO doesn't help for goods transport.

To really ramp down highway traffic, we need real rail capacity (including first/last mile) and capability. Alas, I just don't see us getting it in the next 20 years. So I encourage, promote and support rail, but also accept the 401 as a necessary evil.