Highway 401 Widening - Highway 8 to Townline Road

[danbrotherston]

We can’t do nothing, though.

I’ve been driving between Toronto and KW as long as I’ve been driving. I remember back around 2000 it was fine. It’s so bad now even on a Sunday that I hardly ever go to Wonderland anymore (I used to go a couple of times a week!).

I just want to know when the flyover ramp lane reconfiguration from 8>401EB and from 401WB>8 will be up and running. Having those two lanes blend in or strip off seamlessly is the key to making my commute go from 45 minutes back down to 12...

Oh, I totally agree that we can't do nothing, but we should do the right things.  The problem is pricing and lack of transit, the solution in my opinion would be tolls and transit.

If 15 years ago, instead of planning this widening, the government had implemented congestion based tolls, and greatly expanded transit service (all way-two way GO service with say 20 minute frequency plus buses), I suspect we'd all be able to get to Toronto quickly now...

Of course, for some reason, charging for a valuable good is politically impossible, so I don't really have any hope that it will occur.