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Jonny5
Senior Member
Because of course there has to be a road named "Innovation Drive." Was there a law past that every city in Ontario must now have one?
What services will stop at that commuter parking lot? The HSR shuttle to Aldershot?
ben.thebean1
Active Member
That innovation drive has been there a long time haha, may have been one of the first.
As for transit, I would assume the Aldershot shuttle, the Hamilton Centre - Waterdown route, possibly Burlington transit, and a slight possibility of the "Dundas BRT from Sherway Gardens to Highway 6"
ShonTron
Moderator
That innovation drive has been there a long time haha, may have been one of the first.
As for transit, I would assume the Aldershot shuttle, the Hamilton Centre - Waterdown route, possibly Burlington transit, and a slight possibility of the "Dundas BRT from Sherway Gardens to Highway 6"
I don’t see a bus loop in that small carpool lot, so I doubt any buses will directly serve it. Otherwise GO Route 17 would likely stop there too.
reinventingthewheel
Active Member
It just happens to be a good sell for high tech business parks.
“Brampton Innovation District” is the most foul use of the term in my opinion.
just east of the creek
Active Member
Am I interpreting this correctly? They are having one controlled intersection on each side of the crossing on 6? (6 crossing via bridge over 5? Or vice versa) If so, why?. Instead of one intersection, you now have two. What traffic congestion issue are we solving?
reinventingthewheel
Active Member
First photo is oriented such that 6 north is to the right. 6 will be free flowing, which does improve the current state.
I used to work near here a few years ago. The majority of traffic on 5 is turning onto/off of 6 as opposed to traveling through, which makes sense considering how few trip generators are to the west on 5.
ownthesky
New Member
Having traffic stop and wait at an extended multi phase light at 5 after getting off the freeway was nuts. It currently feels like if there was a light on the 403 after you climb up the escarpment to Brantford, very inefficient. It’s a major route linking the tricity area to Niagara/Hamilton/Burlington constrained by a severe bottleneck. Tons of truck traffic (that have to stop and start on an uphill grade) and very heavy rush hour loads.
Of course the next obstacle is the Morriston bypass…
Bojaxs
Senior Member
Why didn't they go with a diverging diamond along highway 5?
Doesn't that achieve the same thing with a smaller footprint?
Doesn't that achieve the same thing with a smaller footprint?
Steve X
Senior Member
Diamond interchanges create long queue line for left turning traffic. You can expect a long line up from Highway 5 westbound onto Highway 6 southbound. It is also more dangerous as high amount of westbound left turning traffic completes with high speed through traffic on highway 5 eastbound.
You can see the disaster that happens at Allen Rd and Lawrence or Eglinton. You can also see how bad traffic is on Warden/401 with a B2 Parclo interchange requiring left turns to get onto the highway. All A4 parclos (like this one) have an efficient way to migrate traffic. Most MTO designed interchanges uses this standard A4 which doesn't create a traffic jam right under/over the main highway. This is why this design is used worldwide in many countries. A set of roundabouts could remove the traffic lights to create a more free flowing traffic pattern. However trucks and farming equipment hate roundabouts.
JJTheJetPln
Active Member
I don't think anyone who's lived here as long or longer than I have even calls it that. Heck, I still call the Rogers Centre the Skydome.
Jonny5
Senior Member
Ooof. You got me feeling old here. I remember when that was the case in the 1980's. The 403 simply ended at Wilson Street in Ancaster, which was also then Highway 2, with a basic traffic light signaled intersection.
Also my parents have told me about their time in Mississauga in the 1970's, when they remember the 403 ending at Hurontario Street for many years in the same manner until they finally decided to extend it further east and north to the 401.
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ownthesky
New Member
The old person trump card I always play is to convince people Hamilton once had a ski hill when I moved here
nfitz
Superstar
I hadn`t actually realised that they closed the ski hill in Hamilton. Chedoke? But I haven`t skiied since the 2000s.The old person trump card I always play is to convince people Hamilton once had a ski hill when I moved here
MisterF
Senior Member
Don't forget "Commerce", "Progress", "Technology", and "Enterprise" in the list of cringy business park street names.