[Collingwoodbuildinglover]

Ford is pouring billions into transit, what are you talking about ? There are countless subway projects under construction, GO expansion plus more planned in the future.

I think he might be referring to outside of the GTA areas like Huntsville and Owen sound Ford is pouring billions into transit but it is all concentrated in the GTA

 

[ARG1]

I think he might be referring to outside of the GTA areas like Huntsville and Owen sound Ford is pouring billions into transit but it is all concentrated in the GTA

First, Huntsville is a weird choice considering that he's literally building the Northlander which will serve Huntsville. Second, Doug also heavily deregulated the coach bus market that has lead to the current status quo of improved inter city busses to many cities and prices that are a lot cheaper than they were pre-covid during the greyhound days. Finally, exactly what kind of transit do you want in cities like Huntsville and Owen Sound? These are small towns where it's relatively easy to get around on foot, and simply isn't economically feasible to run massive frequent bus networks. The car will inherently always be king in these places.

 

[innsertnamehere]

I don't think the highway will ultimately improve traffic and much to Ford's dismay I really don't see "solving traffic" as the reason it (or most highway projects) should be built in the first place. What it will do is increase capacity, create new connections, and take trucks off roads. If Brampton plays it right, they can narrow lanes like Toronto and create safer streets. In general highways + smaller arterials are a much better idea than endless 7 lane stroads that make up most of Peel Region. That's why the whole boulevard monstrosity was never a good consideration in the first place.

Much like the Bradford Bypass, the 413 is going to solve a lot more traffic issues on local roads than it will on other freeways.

The 413 is going to pull a lot of traffic off local arterials in Brampton, and exactly like you said, make it easier to build safer local streets.

The Dutch model for road design is to put cars on separate facilities (i.e. freeways) as much as possible and make the local roads slow and shared. It works very well - but cars need freeways to operate. the alternative without a 413 is a tonne of mega-stroads through Brampton that will work for nobody.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

More truck traffic on that highway. Sadly the Ford government doesn’t want to expand and fund public transport like Rail. Meanwhile Ford and his transport minister turns a blind eye on highway 11/17 up north. Perhaps we wouldn’t have many trucks if CN and CPKC didn’t chase away many customers to the highways.

As mentioned earlier, if the province rebated each commercial truck that uses the 407 with tolls, it would be cheaper than building the 413. Trucks currently using the 401 would then use the 407, as well.