05-30-2016, 04:54 PM
(05-30-2016, 04:41 PM)dunkalunk Wrote:(05-30-2016, 08:13 AM)MidTowner Wrote: I think it’s hard to fathom that the Region thinks a one-way pair is necessary leading from the expressway towards Uptown Waterloo. Bridgeport Road East near Weber carries 16,500 cars a day according to the Region’s traffic counts. Erb Street just west of Weber carries just shy of 17,000; just east of Weber, less than 11,000.
These are absurdly low volumes to afford three lanes one-way. One lane each way with a centre turning lane would accommodate these volumes with free-flowing traffic nearly all of the time.
Why not two lanes?
One lane is absurd. Anyone who has witnessed the backups on Erb St W. eastbound whenever it is constrained to one lane would know what a cockamamie of an idea this is.
p.s. Two lanes would likely be enough (for the time being) , though I don't know any possible use to that extra lane.