01-18-2022, 12:31 PM
(01-17-2022, 07:49 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(01-17-2022, 06:58 PM)clasher Wrote: Literally no traffic? What kind of bollocks is that... plenty of traffic on the downtown streets at rush hour, it's not jammed solid like some places in TO but it's enough that google puts red lines on the map. It's also enough traffic that I've heard people moan and whinge about it.
Different definition of “traffic”. As in “I was stuck in traffic”. There can be lots of cars on the road and yet getting stuck in it isn’t going to happen. The kind of traffic that pretty much doesn’t exist in K-W is the “stuck in” kind. Of course it exists here and there, but in many places in Toronto it exists every day for hours. Here it’s once in a while or very briefly. The road in front of my street typically fills up for about 10 minutes at a certain time in the afternoon. That’s not a reason to do anything about it.
I live in Doon South and work near Phillip and Albert (the wife works in Milton, 401 access was important to us). Pre-covid when my tech job wasn't work from home, I chose to work 10-6 because 8-4 or 9-5 was just such an incredibly frustrating car commute. Yeah, it ain't Toronto, but it added 10 minutes for me one way. I'm lucky enough that my tech job has flex-time, but most don't get to enjoy that.
Also yes, I did sometimes bike it, or bike + Ion, but until now with the Homer Watson MUT available I would never have even considered doing that ride in the winter.
...K