Ontario Highway 401 - Kitchener to Ajax - Toronto Freeways - 2020/03/27

Drivelapse video of Ontario's Highway 401 starting in Kitchener/Waterloo and progressing easterly to Ajax through Toronto and Mississauga.
This video highlights before footage before a major widening project really gets underway to widen the highway to ten to twelve lanes between Milton and Mississauga.

[@homiejuicerules2967]

I dont know why but im obsessed with highways, this channel is basically what i needed. I subbed

[@Ruthlessor]

Same here

[@Sydney-TTG]

Beautiful time-lapse, I missed driving on this section of 401. Thanks for sharing.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@OpalPowers2006]

Good drive. I would love to move to Canada when I’m 18. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 :D

[@KR-pd1gw]

I miss 401, so appreciate videos such as these.

[@LuckyKoiYT_Official]

Woah I’ve never seen this traffic in Highway 401 in Toronto during the beginning of COVID-19

[@hitechredneck6366]

Nice. I've driven into the GTA three times on the 401 over the past several years. And just like I-45 here in Houston, there's never NOT been any major construction hassle. :-)

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

you've definitely been tor Toronto then.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

I'll film more of the 401 at some point in the future, but for right now, that stretch of highway is pretty well covered.

[@curtishunter926]

Start of the Pandemic/Lockdowns thats why

[@thevultrantransituniverse1487]

It’s also smart to film the highway during the COVID 19 pandemic with very light traffic.

[@colaroga]

It's practically empty on weekends, the majority of traffic is trucks nowadays

[@minisluy]

Sadly that is the only good that came out COVID 19 is that the 401 is always flowing through Toronto

[@EpicThe112]

absolutely correct and you can compare this to its Northeastern counterpart Interstate 95 Florence. NJ to the Bronx,NY buses and Trucks are dominant from Woodbridge Exit 11 to Secaucus 16e Academy buses NJ Transit 319,115 114 113 & 112 Coach USA 100. 17 years earlier you would have expected the same thing with SARS

[@schwenda3727]

It’s also worth noting how easily THE ABSOLUTE WORST/BADDEST/DUMBEST/MOST INCOMPETENT DRIVERS driving slowly nowhere near the far right lane with a whole line of cars riding on their ass is all it takes for traffic flow to START breaking down. But not completely thanks to the obvious situation of the time unfolding the 2nd half of the month of March within the horrible year that was 2020…

[@joeyh9567]

I can't believe the 401 change so much for the last 3 years between Mississauga and Milton

[@realdeal350]

Great drive. I would love to visit Canada one day

[@annabelholland]

Same, I was planning this year but the virus completely ruined it for me

[@yorkmanboucha9865]

When i were Canada and traveling on the 401 i were so amaze at the flyovers

[@csscott9803]

Love those buildings passing by

[@colaroga]

Great video, it's nice seeing more big projects underway! So much erratic left-lane-blocking behaviour once you enter the GTA, particularly on the North York section past Keele... I've gotten used to that over time

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

i think I did pretty well through the traffic all things considered. This was filmed on a Friday evening. I can't remember the last time I got through the 401 with so much ease.

[@schwenda3727]

@@AsphaltPlanet1 good to know someone took very full advantage of the initial Covid wave… everyone cleaning out every grocery store for wiping paper while you see potentially a ONCE. IN. A. LIFETIME. opportunity to tape the Greater Toronto stretch of the 401 with minimal congestion… And even then there’s a whopping CRAP TON of people blocking the left lane, much less “professional” commercial vehicles looking to merge left with a KNEE JERK REACTION because they MIGHT lose literal seconds of time if they stayed in the far right lane before incoming traffic accelerated to the better part of 110 mph. Perhaps some widening projects should be postponed until it’s abundantly clear to most of the entire driving public that being the slowest driver on the highway OUTSIDE OF the far right lane is not only dangerous, but noticeably impacts traffic flow in the most negative possible ways.

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

I love the way you drove the express lanes of the 401 through Toronto and Pickering which is kinda unique to see. Staying in all 44 kilometers in the express lanes in this video is a thrive. Also, those express lanes bring culture too, right? 😉👍 As for the 9.6 kilometer express lanes through Mississauga, it was under construction in that time and after seeing it's done in September, you drove there in that time which is another video about the 401 from Cambridge to Mississauga you filmed since fall which is a later video than this. Thanks for showing us the 401 again!!! I appreciate that. 😉👍

[@thevultrantransituniverse1487]

Holy s***! Didn’t know you made this long video! Great job!

[@Pyeknu]

I used to remember that the collector lanes on the M-C only were in Toronto itself.

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

If you want to see the thrilling express lanes, here are the time stamps: •Through Mississauga (401's km 337 to 347) (Edit: even the construction): 9:38 to 10:50 •Through Toronto and Pickering (401's km 355 to 399): 11:43 to 17:04

[@drewsykes8231]

love it!!

[@falloutman1843]

I live in Waterloo! Specifically near Bridge and University where you started this video!

[@halon7476]

You were speeding ..🚨

[@JKsCanadaGoPro]

Really good video. Can I ask which camera you shot the time lapse with?

[@user-sv3dm7ws6q]

@Asphalt Planet - thanks for the video. I found a great driving tune (Route Kanal) from one of your previous videos and now I enjoy it during my drives, thanks! Can you do a night time drive through downtown next? And out of curiosity, what do you drive?

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

I don't have any immediate plans to do a night time drive through Downtown, but I can see doing another one again in my future. I drive a Ford Escape, but many of my videos are done in other cars.

[@hitechredneck6366]

The other odd thing about Canada as a whole is that your population is relatively small and you have so much space to spread out - yet everyone crams together in the high-rise complexes of the bigger cities. Is owning your own home very difficult in Canada compared to the US?

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Ontario seems to just prefer a more compact form of urban design than many other US cities. The cost of home ownership in Toronto the city is fairly high, so highrises are popular for those that don't want to move an hour out into the suburbs.

[@SyntaxOverflow]

The space is not as much as you think. The real amount of habitable land is much smaller than the size of the country.

[@user-sv3dm7ws6q]

Hitech - yes, Toronto is extremely overpriced. The per sq.ft. prices here rival Manhattan and the Bay Area.

[@highway2heaven91]

@@AsphaltPlanet1 It's not just Ontario, Alberta and BC are like that as well.

[@kevinblack16]

Keep it up as always. :)

[@boomod3825]

Judging by the shadows, probably at 3-4pm? And so much less busy than an ordinary midnight. Makes me want to have a reason to need to head to Kingston (from Guelph) these days, just to make that trip in an insanely brief time...

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

This was recorded probably between 6:00 and 7:00 or so on a friday evening (at the start of the Coronavirus shutdowns).

[@dontgetlost4078]

Just like LA, Houston and Montrel freeways, it's always good to come back on the GTA freeways from time to time. I've always wondered why the destination signs on the collector/distributor lanes are blue rather than green.

[@colaroga]

Probably for visual separation, but the entire 407 toll expressway uses blue guide signs too

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

The German autobahns usually use blue signs.

[@dontgetlost4078]

@@CrystalClearWith8BE Many Euro countries use blue signs, some for their freeways like the Autobahn and some for their secondary highway network like Italy.

[@xXTR4IRSOF7]

I believe old signs are green and new ones are blue.

[@terag8151]

Just note this was filmed on a FRIDAY... LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC, all because of coronavirus

[@csscott9803]

3:31 gueiph is neve Campbell's hometown

[@certifiedpineappletree6708]

What camera do you use to film your videos?

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

This was filmed with a Sony AX33

[@max101gaming]

2:20 Why did the Kia decide to just come over lol

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

The right lane used to end before it does now, so I think they did it as a force of habit.

[@max101gaming]

@@AsphaltPlanet1 Ah that explains it.

[@glen6945]

dont yak till you drive it

[@suzyqwupt4436]

I'm in v

[@suzyqwupt4436]

2:34

[@dinahpasigue8705]

Make hiway 409

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

check out my 418 video. I do the eastbound 409 in that.

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

Basically, the 409 is an alternate spur of the 401 connecting the 401 east to the 427 on both directions and the Toronto Pearson International Airport. Also, you can use this if the 401's kilometers 352 to 355 are congested. If you're from the 401 westbound and if you want to take the 427 southbound, take the 409 westbound and take a loop to the 427 southbound. If you're on the 427 northbound and you want to take the 401 eastbound, while in a large interchange, stay in the 427 until you take a ramp to the 409 eastbound and it will lead you to the 401 eastbound.