Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he wants to build a tunnel for cars and transit under Highway 401 that would stretch roughly from Brampton to Scarborough.
Citing increasing gridlock and little room for highway expansion at a news conference Wednesday morning, Ford says his government will begin studying the technical feasibility of building a tunnel stretching across the GTA under the country’s busiest highway.
“This tunnel and expressway will cut gridlock, support economic growth and help get people moving faster,” Ford said.
He must have some friends among the moleman land developers
The only cure for traffic is cheap available mass transit of some sort. Trains, busses, whatever… Mass transit is the answer.
At this rate, he’s going to put The Beaverton out of business…
Fucking stupid idea. If you’re going to bore a tunnel build a subway. Much higher capacity without the ability to have an underground traffic jam.
Let’s not forget that his shithead junkie brother cancelled MOST of Transit City – a plan developed & designed for maximum impact for the least expense… Costing the city of Toronto nearly $100M in wasted work and cancellation penalties (which massively benefitted developers).
He fought like hell for the city to build subways rather than surface rail on a separated grade from cars, which is far cheaper, and nearly as effective as subways when approaching streetcars get priority from traffic lights.
Drug Fraud’s addiction to spending taxpayer dollars in the stupidest of ways continues.
What’s with conservative premiers elbowing their way into municipal affairs recently? Weren’t they the ones complaining about government overreach a while ago?
Anyway, I’m picturing Doug Ford busting into the provincial treasury in a car-brain fueled rage, and trying to explain that yes, he really needs $100 billion, no it’s not for
drugscars this time, it’s for economic growthI mean, if he can muscle his way through municipal affairs to stop some bike lanes being built, it’ll keep car dependency high enough that there would be sufficient frustrations with congestion for his car-dependent policies to look more appealing, and to also further push people who already don’t support alternative infrastructure further into his base. And to be fair, a lot of Canadians are dependent on cars, and don’t really see an alternative to cars, and it’s likely that he sees those as the base he needs to win and thus cater to. It all looks like part of the wedge politics that he’s playing.
OR… OR or or… finish the sheppard line to its fullest extents? Cheaper since you only have to drill one hole!
… And make Ottawa pay for it? #TrumpNorth
Maybe make it mostly a rail line, with express lanes for commuters with cars only.
Still gonna.be a bazillion dollars
I think that the classic objection to rail transit is
What about the last mile?!
I think that that objection can be almost entirely adressed (on both ends of the ride) with close integration with [e-]bikes/scooters
But it gets cold!
So… pedal?
But it rains and snows!
Yes, and we’re Canadians with rain and snow gear.
What about in a blizzard? Well, what do you do in a blizzard right now? Stay home, or risk getting stuck in the cold right?
Range and charging!
Right, but when the battery is flat, it’s still a bicycle…
What about the last mile?!
I dont know about Toronto, but in every other big city I have driven in, walking a mile from my parking spot to my destination was pretty normal.