I can see the 400 being bumped up especially once widening is complete. When traffic permits, there are generally clusters of cars going 130+ in the left lane as the highway is perfectly straight with almost no exits for some stretches.

I would presume at this point the next step forward is reconstruction of some substandard ramps on the freeway to freeway interchanges along the core part of the 407, and as part of that they could "future-proof" for a collector-express system. Aside from the 407/400, the rest have loop ramps...

This reminds me of his napkin drawing of the ultimate Ontario Line loop. Just like there, in reality we’ll probably only see the Ontario line go north to Sheppard or Steeles, I could only realistically see this project in the scope of fixing the 427-409 bottleneck. It could actually be feasible...

Supplementary near side signals do exist in some capacity in Ontario already. For some reason when they rebuilt Highway 7 some intersections got one singular near-side signal. I see them mostly in Ontaio for intersections that might have poor light visibility (ei: trucks, sharp turns), but they...

I would be impressed if that bypass of North Bay is somehow faster. I count at least 25 sharp turns there, and the distance looks long. As far as I'm concerned, 11/17 through NB is eventually slated to become a freeway. As it stands currently, the configuration isn't even that bad IMO.

There is some value to having a one seat ride from north of Steeles down Bathurst. Perhaps if the 160 is cancelled the 7 could be extended another 2km down Bathurst to Promenade Terminal. A ton of condos popping up around that whole area. Also now that the fare wall is gone, there's really no...

Oh wow. I knew there was a good reason why it got put on the backburner, but I didn't realize that it would be so massive in scope. That would probably only realistically be done if the 426 was built. At that point, you're already halfway to Owen Sound, and it's probably just worth it to realign...

I take this highway relativley often in the winter. One thing it needs is a proper Stayner bypass. They installed a traffic signal at CR-96 to help people turn onto the current "bypass" but you still need to turn 3 times to get around. Ideally, 26 itself should be rerouted around and replace the...

You are right, I just don't think it is necessary to look at it from a US standpoint. We are a different country, we are allowed to have our own highways. I don't think it is necesarry to mess around with half the 407 and random parts of the QEW to make a connected highway from the 400 to "85"...

So many things wrong with this numbering system you made up.... You randomly split 17 into two, rerouting "50" onto 101 in the middle of absolutley nowhere, and for some reason every highway that crosses the border needs to continue as the same number, even if it makes no sense... (69 going the...

I counted at least 100 trucks/commercial vehicles in this picture. You can say induced demand all you want but this highway quite literally is the lifeline of southern Ontario.

89 is closeby. For a "random" number, the lowest one other than 408 (because of Hwy 8) is 414 (Hwy 14 doesn't exist anymore), which could be used.

I thought a fantasy mid-peninsula highway would be 408. I'd think 489 would be likely.

Since when did gaslighting someone for pointing out a real flaw in public transit become cool? It's pure statistics that less people feel safe than they used to. It's not useful to be ignorant to one side if you point out flaws to the other. It's like a pro-car person just ignoring anything bad...

We just don't have any unified highway standards across Canada. Whether that be divided highways with at grade intersections in the west, full freeways in Ontario/Quebec, or super twos in the east, it is hard to have a unified system when quality and design standards vary significantly from...

The answer I can come up with is to prioritize the turning movement of highway traffic. If there are multiple right turning lanes, traffic is able to easily block the middle lanes and thereby blocking left turns off the highway. One thing in common between all of your examples is that the...

The fact that the 407 needs to be tolled at such a high rate to be gridlock free is a sign of the latent demand to begin with.

With the expansion of the 110 zones, I think there are some potential pilot 120 zones we might be able to reasonably see soon: Most likely: 400/69 north of Barrie- very low traffic volumes, gives a boost to long distance traffic 417 west of Ottawa- also very low traffic volumes Somewhat...

Removing the tolls will only make 2 parking lots instead of one. It's no better than saying "expand the 401"

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe YNSE is intentionally set to open simultaneously or a bit after OL. Thought I also read somewhere or in some announcement that construction will begin Q4 2024/Q1 2025