For what it's worth, as a resident of that stretch of Dundas I prefer the backlogged traffic to the on-ramp-like behaviour that drivers previously applied as soon as the passed Sackville. The amount of cars I've personally witnessed gliding through solid red lights was so dangerous. The congestion has been a net gain for pedestrian safety. I just wish the streetcars could pass through unimpeded and removing the DVP ramp would allow that.
Agreed. That whole stretch feels so much safer these days.
Think about all the eastbound streetcars on Dundas East being stuck behind a car try to turn left onto the DVP?
To be clear, I'm advocating for the permanent removal of Dundas on-ramp. Ongoing access to the highway from Eastern Ave makes sense to me.
That makes zero sense. Congestion is caused by too much driving. That effectively reads as "Too much driving is the goal. It discourages driving". The goal should be to reduce dependency on personal automobiles by reducing parking (first and foremost) and then shifting our right-of-way hierarchy in our public realm by moving cars to the bottom of the list. Then we can re-design our public realm to encourage mobility by transit, walking, & active transportation options (in that hierarchical order imo). Any pursuit to fix congestion by prioritizing the car, can only be successful if we raze our city to accommodate the additional lanes, parking & infrastructure necessary. And at that point yes you've solved congestion, but at what price? Once we accept that cars take up too much space to be a sustainable form of primary mobility (in large population centres) then we can move on to actual solutions. Until then we'll be stuck in traffic and nobody wins.
Exactly.
The whole point of all the road changes these last 10 years - bike lanes, lower speed limits, caféTO on the street, increased parking fees etc, etc is to make driving so miserable, so congested, so slow, so frustrating that people just go "Ah..... screw it...."
But not me!
I'll drive no matter what you crazies do!
You'll never get me out of my PERSONAL transportation.
Listen, if you truly think having safe cycling options, or safer roads, or patios, are some sort of scheme to make drivers miserable then I don't know what to tell ya. You're obviously subscribed to your conspiracy and you're welcome to continue to believe that. But at the end of the day, the city will only keep adding more residents, and physical space literally does not allow for us to keep adding more cars or prioritizing cars in our very limited public right of ways. Not to say cars don't have a place, they're still a very efficient way to travel outside of the city and within for occasional circumstances. But for the most part, a city like Toronto needs to place cars at the bottom of the list when it comes to prioritization in our transportation plans and public realms, because it is one of the least efficient ways to travel within major cities. You can ignore that all you want, but it'll be your time you're wasting sitting in traffic, not mine.Exactly.
The whole point of all the road changes these last 10 years - bike lanes, lower speed limits, caféTO on the street, increased parking fees etc, etc is to make driving so miserable, so congested, so slow, so frustrating that people just go "Ah..... screw it...."
But not me!
I'll drive no matter what you crazies do!
You'll never get me out of my PERSONAL transportation.
You are SO wrong it is hard to have a rational discussion with you so I won't bother. Maybe stick to your (great) photos?
