Highway 401 Widening - Highway 8 to Townline Road

[ijmorlan]

Not sure if even a good quality GO system would put a huge dent in it. You have a family and friends, and anything by train is too expensive, and too time consuming. Last time it cost us $120 round trip from Kitchener to Toronto plus $24 for TTC, grand total was close to $150. Never again. 401 to Downsview Station, $15 gas ($1.15 per litre), $5 parking, and $24 TTC. Transit was the most expensive component still, but total cost less than 1/3.

How many of those cars at rush hours are single-occupant commuters? Substantially all of those could go by train with an improved public transportation system.

Charge tolls with various components — congestion and road wear being the most important — and watch much of the truck traffic move to trains (trucks should be charged an enormous road wear component).

I think the remaining traffic would have no trouble fitting on the existing highway.