Travel times on Highway 401's bottleneck in Toronto were around 25 minutes in 2016. They worsened to as much as 32 minutes last year and could hit an hour by 2051.
Article: They didn’t add any lanes in Toronto, just to outlying areas where they claim traffic was improved. Toronto traffic still miserable after nothing was done there.
Seriously, if this is costing us 11 billion a day in economic damage, get more people working from home. The solution is so blindingly obvious. It saves money and can be done overnight. Fuck, we are a stupid bunch of apes.
Seriously, if this is costing us 11 billion a day in economic damage, get more people working from home.
So much this. I’m not in Ontario, my commute in Saskatoon is an obscene 15 minutes, so I don’t go into work all the time. People have asked why I never took any tech jobs in Toronto or KW, and there are two major reasons: 1. Too people-y. I am a small town person, and 2. TRAFFIC HOLY FUCK WHO CAN SIT IN A CAR THAT LONG IN THE CITY?!!? I won’t move to Calgary, Edmonton, or even Winnipeg for the same reason and they’re not nearly as bad.
On average, working from home doesn’t decrease car trips overall. The only solution to traffic is viable alternatives to driving such as transit or cycling.
Edit: y’all can keep downvoting me but here is a study that goes into deeper detail. The only solution to traffic is alternatives to driving cars, this has been proven many times over many metrics and demographics. link to article
Wouldn’t decentralizing to the point that traffic is relieved also have the effect of massively devaluing the astronomically expensive real estate at the Centre of the Universe? Owned by the most powerful entities in the country…
The downside is the impracticality. The people who stand to lose from property devaluation are the same people who decide policy. How are you going to convince them to give up their property values for the benefit of their commuting workers??
Article: They didn’t add any lanes in Toronto, just to outlying areas where they claim traffic was improved. Toronto traffic still miserable after nothing was done there.
Seriously, if this is costing us 11 billion a day in economic damage, get more people working from home. The solution is so blindingly obvious. It saves money and can be done overnight. Fuck, we are a stupid bunch of apes.
So much this. I’m not in Ontario, my commute in Saskatoon is an obscene 15 minutes, so I don’t go into work all the time. People have asked why I never took any tech jobs in Toronto or KW, and there are two major reasons: 1. Too people-y. I am a small town person, and 2. TRAFFIC HOLY FUCK WHO CAN SIT IN A CAR THAT LONG IN THE CITY?!!? I won’t move to Calgary, Edmonton, or even Winnipeg for the same reason and they’re not nearly as bad.
On average, working from home doesn’t decrease car trips overall. The only solution to traffic is viable alternatives to driving such as transit or cycling.
Edit: y’all can keep downvoting me but here is a study that goes into deeper detail. The only solution to traffic is alternatives to driving cars, this has been proven many times over many metrics and demographics. link to article
Wouldn’t decentralizing to the point that traffic is relieved also have the effect of massively devaluing the astronomically expensive real estate at the Centre of the Universe? Owned by the most powerful entities in the country…
I’m failing to see the downside.
The downside is the impracticality. The people who stand to lose from property devaluation are the same people who decide policy. How are you going to convince them to give up their property values for the benefit of their commuting workers??