04-16-2018, 07:39 AM
(04-15-2018, 10:04 PM)tomh009 Wrote: OK, thanks. I understand your point of view now.
Regarding Lancaster St, E of Victoria St, my recollection from my commuting days is that somewhere between 2/3 and 3/4 of the eastbound traffic on Lancaster (coming from either Waterloo or the expressway) turned onto Victoria. And most of the rest turned immediately onto Queen St (as I did). Anyway, this should be clear (either way) from the City of Kitchener traffic counts. Are those online somewhere?
I don’t know where to get traffic counts. I agree they would be good to see! I’m really just guessing about where people are going when they use the Lancaster crossing.
In the event that almost everybody turns on to Victoria or Queen, it reduces the relevance of my concern about traffic on the south (east) part of Lancaster, but on the other hand it would most likely mean that Margaret or the new interchange roads would be perfectly acceptable alternate routes.
Overall, I’m not absolutely certain that closing the crossing would work, but I’m pretty sure and it’s the sort of question that would be best researched by doing a comprehensive traffic modelling study considering much more than just the immediate vicinity of the crossing.