Victoria Park

[Bytor]

I would think most traffic on Jubilee is not for the nearby homes, but through traffic from Park to Courtland. And I do think there is more of that now that Joseph is one-way only.

And beyond. I commented about it back in early November: https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/...#pid111711

If you were to insert yourself into the evening rush hour traffic on Park St. by Grand River Hospital heading south and following them through Victoria Park, you'll see that there are 4 basic groups:

1) Courtland to Ottawa to Country Hills, Laurentian, and Williamsburg
2) Queen to Highland to Forest Hill, Forest Heights,
3) Courtland to Ottawa to Stanley Park
4) Courtland to Manitou to Pioneer Park and Doon

Few peel off for neighbourhoods like Southdale, Woodside, King or Cedar Hill. And they do this even though

* some combination of Union/Glasgow/Gage/Victoria and Westmount/Belmont is 5-10 minutes faster for 1) and 2)
* Erb/Union to Weber or the Expressway is 5-10 minutes faster for 3)
* Strange to West to Stirling to Homer Watson is 5-10 minutes quicker for 4)

Unless you're going to some place bounded by Queem, Mill, Stirling, and Charles, pretty much every route around the park is always faster. And some times when you are going to that area, too.

If you close Jubilee to traffic, that volume will move onto West and Homewood (and some additional volume onto Victoria and Queen as well). (NB the intersection of Victoria and West is already terrible and would really need to be reworked.) That might be a viable option but will surely raise the ire of homeowners on those streets.

I suspect that this proposal would provoke so much opposition that I don't think the Kitchener council would want to stir that pot in the foreseeable future.

BTW, there's no point where Homewood becomes a viable option as it would take too long to turn left out onto a busy Queen St. West/Highland/Queen is always much quicker thanks to the lights.