The future of Toronto traffic is actually (a lot) worse than we thought

Sid, Meredith and Tammie chat about a new report front the Ministry of Transportation that says Toronto’s gridlock is going to get worse by 2041.
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[@michaelandersen141]

Correction…the 407 was not built with private money Meredith. You are too young to remember it was built with PUBLIC money and sold for a song

[@fsteddy6576]

Yes THANK YOU!

[@phildrennan06]

haha - we shouldn't expect her to not yap about it though.

[@ross_ulbright7779]

So why does the taxpayer pay for speed enforcement on a privately owned highway?🤔

[@Sergio-ze4gu]

50 % owned by canadian pension plan.. makes me feel a little better when i take it However yes.. it was supposed to become public after they collected enough tolls to pay it off in its entirety.. unfortunatley the rights were sold before this could happen.. however in 80 years the rights return back to the province.. so for every cloud..

[@razvanrogers]

Thanks to conservatives to make the future suck

[@mbogucki1]

This is why European cities are doubling down on transit constantly building and expanding. Because you can not accommodate for everyone driving a car.

[@MW-ol2gq]

Cant keep increasing the population without infrastructure and sustainable pay jobs. Golden horseshoe has over 9M population, Denmark, 5.5 M, Belgium 11mm, Sweden 10.5 mm. How many Swedes commute 40km to work one way like at my husband's plant? It would take me 3.5 hours one way with your glorified public transport to get to one of my former offices.

[@mikebogucki5832]

@@MW-ol2gq You have plenty of options: move closer to your workplace, find a job nearer to your home, or choose a job and home along a transit line. Trying to have it all-without making compromises-is unrealistic. We can't keep adding more lanes; it's simply not feasible. The U.S. experience has shown that bulldozing entire urban neighborhoods for parking lots and additional lanes has solved nothing. Traffic remains. There’s a finite capacity for single-occupancy vehicles in any city, and we’ve already reached it.

[@paul1224ford]

Driving a car is a privilege, not a right. But people are generally too selfish to understand that.

[@RyanSheppard-tq4pg]

@@paul1224fordwhat does privilege mean in this instance?

[@jonm3131]

​@@MW-ol2gqIt takes you and your husband too long to go to work because y'all have been conditioned support car infrastructure too much. If there was more focus on public transit , urban Planning would be better and things would be a lot closer

[@JaBlanche]

All levels of Government ruined this city. It's disgusting.

[@boricuadetorontocanada]

Agreed.

[@bennyhonna8195]

The whole problem started when the Conservatives sold the 407. It was supposed to be the 401 bypass for the GTA.

[@nelsonoliveira1007]

I recall the Liberals selling the 407 when McGinty was in power?

[@ONLYinANTARCTICA]

Yeah, they only sold it for $1.5 billion dollars. Which is worth way more than that. What a Gong Show.

[@afeudale]

Yup, and everyone still keeps voting for Cons at the municipal, provincial and federal level... Conservatives and Corruption go hand in hand.

[@Erich2142]

Quit crying about the 407. I do't know anyone who works downtown that can benefit from the 407

[@arcticmonkey3]

@@Erich2142dumb comment of the day. Congratulations 🎉

[@tikichouu]

Public transit needs to get better. Way better if you want to move a lot of people. Rail needs to be better.

[@floyd2222]

Public Transit is always a great, and preferable solution, totally agree. BUT, it is no longer safe to use public transit. What are people to do...? Honest question.

[@KardiFan2000]

​@@floyd2222 I have no problem with safety when I ride GO Transit. The extra cost compared to the TTC is worth it for a safer ride (with no delays). Mind you, I usually drive, but if I need to get downtown quickly, I take the GO.

[@brianclement9240]

The prices are only going to get higher in the future. Before you know it hardly, anyone will afford to ride transit . Look up 2030 agenda Trudeau is pushing, you city people have..No..Clue what's going to happen if you don't pay attention..

[@markmaloney3140]

@@brianclement9240 And yet they.... turd's new people will gleefully support it!!!! Fk Toronto!!!!!

[@brianclement9240]

Look up 2030 agenda. This is what you city people have to look forward to..

[@benjamine6703]

Public money spent on 407 used to make 407 private owners rich by making it too expensive for regular people to use. The Eglinton L.R.T. is 99% finished, years past completion date, not being used, and nobody can explain why! Governments keep throwing money away with no overall plan or accountability.

[@michaelm3345]

Rumour has it from construction workers the tracks are sinking around Mt. Pleasant, soft soil and underground rivers at that location. Which is why there’s only low-rise buildings at that intersection. Lots of finger pointing behind the scenes, once it gets out it’s gonna be quite the story.

[@calebmcleod4089]

The reality is no matter how sizeable the expansion of current roadways in Toronto are the city will be unable to meet current demand. The answer is the city pivoting to expanding public transit which is objectively a more efficient means of movement when done right.

[@Michael-pg7rv]

It will never get better until all levels of government actually take this problem seriously. We need this to be treated as an emergency and fund a huge mega project to quickly and MASSIVELY expand the subway network.

[@mike-we8pb]

Eglinton LRT is still not open. You think any leader has vision? Begging for more money to replace old subway cars is all we can do.

[@TheNewMediaoftheDawn]

Nope slow population growth.

[@marksousa8595]

What makes biking so dangerous is all the cars. What makes public transit slow is all the cars. What makes it so everything is too far away to walk too is the space we have to reserve for all the cars. But one more lane will fix the traffic jams lol.

[@R.-et5fn]

More than a lane needs be built. Actual new road networks are required

[@redMaple_QC]

Uncontrolled growth

[@M.b.b.S-vp2wm]

Uncontrolled Intended Population Growth

[@fpet1]

Uncontrolled indian immigration

[@M.b.b.S-vp2wm]

@@fpet1 be a realist not a racist. But you can't!

[@mmcer]

I’m always amazed that the legacy media reports this as new information. Breakfast Television does this exact story, at least once a year, since the late 1980’s. 20-50 km/hr is the norm now. The government needs to stop cowtowing to special interest groups and build functional transit, like the rest of the world.

[@amarlad9]

Time for the province to advance the Midtown Toronto and uptown cross-GTA rail lines for GO transit to serve all those regional trips that don’t start/end in downtown Toronto. It’s already a “long term” line in the Regional Transportation Plan, but needs more serious investment now before the land and construction costs for those stations skyrockets further.

[@Chop23]

Transit must be addressed before gridlock can be resolved. Until its more desirable to take transit, then people will continue to drive and contribute to gridlock. We need Lines 5 and 6 open asap.

[@amarlad9]

The provinces own Experts have been saying for YEARS that Highway 413 would only save drivers 30 seconds - 2 minutes if you’re regularly driving from cottage country to Milton… it’s been the Greenbelt 2.0 land grab from the get go. Don’t be fooled, new highways will only result in more auto-oriented sprawl, and therefore more endless traffic. Advocate for more rail, and also for complete communities so more jobs can be located closer to homes to reduce travel distances in general.

[@TheExcep_tion]

I saved over 40 mins, one way, every day on my commute using the 407 vs the 401. Well worth it to not drive in 4 lanes of stupidity.

[@turbokid99]

FAKE NEWS.... stop complaining and spreading lies

[@salmanrashid5526]

413 will provide an alternate to interprovincial traffic that needs to bypass Toronto thereby leaving 401 less congested with interprovincial traffic n more open for GTA users

[@issedoesit279]

​@@salmanrashid5526 413 will just create more sprawl by developing land that it mostly farm land now. Those people will need to commute to work thereby increasing sprawl. The governments own studies show this but they ignore.

[@amarlad9]

@@salmanrashid5526 except that the 413 is a considerable detour from the 401 and only ties to the 401 on the west end, not the east, so it cannot function as a “Toronto bypass” for interprovincial trips.

[@michaelandersen141]

The real answer is more train service and way more train service…ever hear of Europe?

[@jessicayoung1190]

Europe do not have amount of snow we get here every year . Train is not the answer .

[@michaelandersen141]

Snow? That is why no trains? They get tons of snow in many parts of Europe and other parts of the world. By the way I live in Toronto and we dont get nearly the snow we used to get due to global warming

[@tonysimone2043]

i agree high speed trains

[@pspat101]

@@jessicayoung1190you don’t think Nordic countries get snow?

[@tommycanadasmobazimmer]

We need a modern, fully integrated transit system with high frequency trains. FFS Brampton, a City of 3/4 of a million just got hourly GO service. It’s all pretty Micky Mouse planning. Once, the transit is built charge people $30 bucks to enter Toronto by car.

[@alanscobie2450]

The girl in red dress said the 407 was built with private funds. She is wrong, the 407 was built with taxpayer money and then leased to a private company for 99 years so that the conservatives could balance the books.(Mike Harris/ Ernie Eaves)Because of this stupid move from the conservatives I will never use the 407 and I will never vote conservative.

[@reggielavoie5048]

Keep voting for Trudeau then, that's much better. You won't have a place to live to get to work l😂

[@alanscobie2450]

@@reggielavoie5048 Who said anything about voting for the liberals. They are almost as bad. But when you have a premier that has to get booze at every corner and pays out even more to get it done sooner, then you have a problem. Healthcare and homeless issues are more important to me than selling booze period.

[@reggielavoie5048]

@@alanscobie2450 if you don't have a place to live because housing is so bad, think people care about roads. Well maybe if your living outta your vehicle.i dont drink so it a non sequitur imo. Thank the libs for that.

[@roxorz007]

Once many of the recent international "students" are forced to leave once their "study" period expires then traffic will ease. Less people, less traffic.

[@mocat1]

This was the first summer, where there was still bumper to bumper traffic, (Lakeshore, through Mississauga) during rush hour. It was moving, but it was still bumper to bumper. I am not looking forward to next week. 😬

[@PorterII]

Instead of expanding the 401 for cars. Use it for Rapid Bud Lanes and other small vehicles like motorcycles. That'll reward people for using it and make travel times much better.

[@stojo33]

How many people ride motorcycles from october to april? How many ride in snow, rain,wind? Yeah...sit down bud.

[@Ashleyunfiltered]

I remember I bought my first car in 2018 … happened to be on the highway and turned on 680 by accident… they were predicting Toronto traffic being worse than LA by 2024. Now look. WOW.

[@travisazzopardi8024]

Got my first car in 1980 and I actually enjoyed driving back then. Not anymore.

[@iron___]

Having driven in LA recently, can confirm it's worse in Toronto.

[@usmanbarak2615]

Way too many ppl all living in Toronto. Then you have all those GTA folks who all commute to the city. Too many cars on the roads gotta be a big issue. Shitty planning of the city and this crazy growth.

[@antonellasampogna6753]

Government, Trudeau needs to stop letting people into Canada. And stop voting liberal !!!!!

[@cdnr6311]

Build more and better reliable transit that people would choose over driving. Change the mentality that transit is for everyone and is the preferred way, not like the current mentality that it's for the poor. That's the only way to solve this.

[@scrambie]

Theres a ton of people living in the GTA who worked from home during the pandemic and were subsequently forced back into the office by their micromanaging employers. Its certainly not helping with the already dire congestion issues.

[@AS-gh1ge]

As an employer myself it’s absolutely crucial in today’s market that every minute of work is managed correctly to ensure the employee is putting out maximum output and productivity.

[@1SevenFive]

@@AS-gh1geNot sure if that was sarcasm, but if they worked from home, they’d have more time for work and less stress and time wasted from commuting.

[@Exia_44]

Like most countries. Why not limit big rigs to after hours? Like 9pm-5am.

[@johnholst]

It was a stupid idea to build a toll highway alongside free highways to begin with. Make them all free or all toll. In Korea for example, all major highways are toll. But the toll is quite low, so it's not such a heavy burden financially. As a result, the government has a ton of cash to spend on infrastructure. And they do! Highways and transportation are excellent.

[@mfgtech73]

The best way to fix the problem on a personal level is to leave Toronto. And I know many that have. Waiting for various governments to solve this issue with public transit is a fools errand, they will never get it done. And the infrastructure skills of this city/country have eroded badly from prior decades back in the day when stuff could actually get built at a fair price. Eglinton crosstown billions over budget, years late and still not running. Seems almost criminal how badly Toronto has been managed.

[@R_daSilva]

If cities can't accommodate there own citizens, people just move onto greener pastures .. That's how we got the auto industry to move here from Windsor in the 50's.. I'm sure Industry will look out for their own first. We might be seeing the beginning of the end. We tried nothing and are out of ideas.

[@samsee_ca]

the best long-term solution to traffic is - and always will be - viable alternatives to driving. make better public transit, and there will be less car trips taken.

[@JarrettMazza]

Elevated trains, ferry from Hamilton to Toronto, more work from home opportunities, harder on the real estate market, better accident clearing, and yes, you can't just simply live in TO if you don't work there.

[@XxYoutube2025xx]

Bringing in 500k+ people in a year doesn't help. Blame Liberals/NDP.

[@neilirvine7129]

Toronto has 20% the population density as Paris. To match, we could add 15 million more people in Toronto proper before even adding to the suburbs.

[@neilirvine7129]

Also Paris barely has a building over six stories tall...

[@MW-ol2gq]

​@@neilirvine7129I lived in Paris and never again, same with NYC, London.

[@ronbock8291]

No thanks. I’ll stick with with the Ontario Conservative Party… you know, megacity, 407 theft, filling in already dug subway tunnels, cancelling infrastructure projects left and right, dumping as much public spending obligation on the city without any way to pay for it beside property tax… you know, basically condemning us to exactly what we have now. But go ahead and blame brown people, way to think it through.

[@ronbock8291]

Nope, this is a Mike Harris issue. He did everything he could to destroy Toronto. Now Ford is finishing the job.

[@maddoxmagennis1520]

Freeing up the 407 might provide relief to a future 413 (maybe) but I can assure you that the 407 would fill up immediately and within a month we’d be back to gridlock. We can fix this with transit, because no matter how busy a subway or a go train gets, it’s overall speed in not affected

[@ShnNar1000x]

It's kind of incredible to think that China, a country that got a late start on building modern cities and that has exponentially larger cities, has got public transit so right and so well while Canada/Toronto has messed this up so badly. I realize some of it is, obviously, that building in established cities is harder but, again, we're talking about large cities that got much bigger.

[@jacobsmith5543]

We have the resources but we don't have the leadership. Part of the problem is on us too; people complain but they don't vote. In our democracy, the laziness of our citizens will reflect the laziness of our leaders.. If we can maintain a busy, elevated highway like the Gardiner we can certainly come up with high quality and high reach public transportation infrastructure to alleviate traffic in the GTA.

[@lazydioxinclaimant6754]

you've fallen for CCP propaganda lmao

[@raveendu]

Expand public transit. Put minor tolls on the major highways around the city and use that money to provide free public transit for anyone willing to use it. Use eminent domain to take back the 407. Problem solved.

[@KardiFan2000]

💯

[@IKhanNot]

The issue with tollways is the money will be misused like it always has been. If that's to be executed in the right way then there must be a clause that all toll money goes back towards roads/transportation. BTW punishing car drivers so people can catch a free ride on transit isn't the way. There is enough war on the car stuff.

[@KardiFan2000]

@@IKhanNot Bike lanes and bus lanes aside...is there really a war on the car? Or are you just now discovering that not everyone wants to pay for gas, insurance, parking, and repairs? I drive, but I know what I signed up for...no one put a gun to my head and said that I had to sit in almost an hour of traffic on my way home everyday. The "war" is self-inflicted.

[@jennywalker-mr4rw]

Just think how much "Extra" money there would have been if the conservatives didn't sell the 407 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@neilirvine7129]

@@jennywalker-mr4rw None, it would be build with taxpayer money then given free to drivers to become another red line, like all the the other 400s.

[@earthwormjim6962]

Absolutely not true. With the gas prices and groceries rising, life became unaffordable in Toronto for most people. There will not be getting much worse than it already is today.

[@SA-sf2cq]

Montreal traffic is bad. Has been for decades. When I moved to Toronto, I knew the traffic was worse. But what I realized was in comparison to Mtl, there are far less highways/alternate routes and poorer public transit. The city was not built for 3 million. That’s an issue in Vancouver as well, where they don’t even have legit highways.

[@enniol8043]

All I see is condos going up with hundreds of new tenants. Well these people have to drive .

[@pspat101]

No, driving is not the only and should not be the default way to get around.

[@barrybebenek8691]

Don’t forget that the longer trucks sit in the future traffic, the more the cost goes up for anything you buy. Even more money out of your pocket for anything!

[@SA-sf2cq]

Montreal traffic is bad. Has been for decades. When I moved to Toronto, I knew the traffic was worse. But what I realized was in comparison to Mtl, there are far less highways/alternate routes and poorer public transit. The city of Toronto was not built for 3 million, let alone the the GTA at 6.5. That’s an issue in Vancouver as well, where they don’t even have legit highways.

[@salmanrashid5526]

We desperately need to build more roads and expand existing ones!… the focus can’t only be on public transit while this investment is also important!

[@R.-et5fn]

💯

[@jonm3131]

​@@R.-et5fnYou're spouting nonsense. Roads continue to be prioritized while public transit has been lagging. We have some of the worst modern transit in the world. And adding lanes and building highways doesn't help as proven by the past 80 years

[@jonm3131]

​@@R.-et5fnYou're spouting nonsense. Roads continue to be prioritized while public transit has been lagging. We have some of the worst modern transit in the world. And adding lanes and building highways doesn't help as proven by the past 80 years

[@afolabilowrie8375]

They ignore the real problem. People can’t afford housing close enough to their place of work; to avoid long commutes using cars. But an economy that’s built on housing equity and hole flipping has made most people to choose a car and then purchasing a home.

[@paul1224ford]

This is not just a traffic problem but an urban planning issue. Why are people driving their cars all over the city? Because they can't find locally what they need. Homes and businesses are far apart, suburban subdivisions have no social infrastructure, lack of density, too much wasted 'open space' with no purpose, etc.. We need a complete rethink about how we build livable cities.

[@davidreichert9392]

The problem is that every time the government takes steps to improve things, either prioritising transit, one way streets etc. there's always some small group of people who oppose it for their own special interests and the government caves in to them. It's time to make the right decisions regardless. There's no reason the whole city should suffer because of a few people who can't accept change.

[@ettore6898]

Traffic on Lakeshore West from Sherbourne to Bay Street does not move I was stuck there today for 1 hour

[@jamesbarringer7935]

Of course it’s about population. And we all know why that is exploding. I note the roaring silence on the issue, however. What a surprise. And any politician who does tell the truth will get Sid’s feigned outrage and name-calling, not his vote.

[@neilirvine7129]

Yah, we're up to 20% the population density of Paris in the third biggest city in the US and Canada. And you're right, there are literally no other cities in the country to move to if big city life's not for you.

[@CyberSkynet-o2b]

Turdeau imported India without spending anything in infrastructure. That's why we are in this mess.

[@arcticmonkey3]

lol. I was just in Brampton. Confirmed ✅

[@InfrastructureNews-yy1ej]

More roads do not solve traffic. The more you build, the more people drive.

[@jonathanvezina5349]

The Government needs to do more to build communities and create incentives for businesses to move their operations outside of the GTA so people do not have to drive into the city. Instead of adding more lanes to the 400 series highways, invest in high speed rail and electrify existing rail and add more service.

[@stojo33]

Exactly what my thoughts are...stop putting everything in the same 5km2 and stop building highrise condos...2nd largest country on earth with stupid low population numbers yet we want to build every business in the same area...they dont need to be next to each other anymore like in the 70's no one is sending over messages with a letter boy from one office to an other anymore.

[@daveplumb6246]

Yes The 407 highway was built with public money, not private, and it was supposed to be given back to the people after it was paid off. I guess you were too young then

[@WalterFrith]

Toronto needs tolls now to ease up on traffic. London UK did it and it helped.

[@TheDudecof]

Controversial but it’s time to impose ‘city entry fines’ for highway users who live outside of the metropolitan area. As soon as any subway line exists, you should pay for the privilege of wasting city resources for an inefficient method of transportation. The people who live in a city shouldn’t be responsible for paying for the bad habits of outsiders. I say that as an outsider Think about the amount of single occupancy drivers on the road heading to the city every single day. The average car today is 70 times larger than a person in volume. To move a single person to the city centre, you need to haul an additional 6-8 cubic meter metal box with you. Not to mention the wasted cost of real estate for the storage (parking lots), movement (wide roads/infrastructure), servicing (mechanics), retail space (dealerships) and energy (gas stations) of these metal boxes going to the same destination +/- 10 minutes and usually accessible by subway/streetcar anyways.

[@DavidJoseph-cc3rl]

Dear GTA residents…my take on this is simple 407 is privatized because someone has to put up the money and corporations who are willing to pay have the right to do what they want with that highway. We asked the citizens are supposed to pay if you use that in this video, the female reporter says that people use it out of desperation. So the bottom line of this video is how do we live or afford with the basic necessities of housing transportation food while also having the money to pay for everything….here’s my take on this I will keep it brief, if you want to live in a first world country, you have to pay taxes if you pay taxes, the government decides and if we decide who we elect, regardless of your affiliation, liberals or conservatives specifically…the government decides should be able to decide how to run the country. If you the citizen has a right, you have to speak for what the government should do the change by your vote.The government decides democracy does not mean that we can get everything we want… we also learn to compromise. The fact is that when money is needed during Covid…money if it was a conservatives government would have needed to be just managed it responsibly well but everyone got money. Everyone unlike me did not spend it just for food and necessities , but people who waste money and who are burden to society, will always, drain the society so in short to this the point is simple human beings have a lot of expectations. This is a population issue not a traffic issue. We do not have the kind of land to occupy highways and also housing and everything because our land is mostly cold country so by knowing all these facts, all you need to know is, we need to be realistic about the population that the government lets into the country we should stop the population immigration that is coming in we have to make sure that the people who are being brought to Canada have housing, employment, and healthcare, Pierre said. finally, everyone has to work hard. Everyone has resources in this country and everyone is going through challenges. There are certain things that answers that so everyone who doesn’t take that will end up not finding the answers or purpose to why they’re depressed so my simple point and all this is focus on what you can control and not worry about what you cannot control taxes is not the issue. It’s the fact that we have to have a government that spend those taxes and make sure that private entities do not, take more and that’s what matters we cannot expect the middle class or the low income class the society the rich people are also being taxed heavily so solution to the problem is everybody has to do their part the rest the people on the top have to give suggestions. My only suggestion is that we should not get in the way of the politicians so let the people who make decisions who are the experts let let’s give them the opportunity to fail and let them also have the opportunity to lead the country. Stay safe and God bless you all.

[@adavirus69]

Revive those old cancelled freeway plans in the 1960s or build a BRT line along every freeway

[@dealman3312]

Don’t you see this is all by design? In their own literature they say they want to end private car ownership

[@amm794]

Bingo. It's a slow burn. Eventually people will give up their cars due to the pressure and constant brainwashing. It's all by design. Don't think our "governments" and 'leaders" are capable of such a sinister plan. Think again.

[@Junknown764]

At this point just give the 407 the billions they want for us to buy it back

[@DaKrawnik]

"Theres not much we can do about it." You've given up or you never tried. Pick one!

[@ianbenjiman]

They would open up the 407 to the public before that would be allowed to happen.

[@fischook1238]

.....The cyclists are the problem. They have taken away lanes for vehicles and have caused the traffic problems......

[@wintertarzanjagrup2527]

They made everything worse and all profited . never ending construction & improvements when i was fine in early 2000s.. - late we are overpopulated. it never ends metrolinx taking another 15 years as well..

[@neilirvine7129]

You want all green - charge 407 prices on all 400s.

[@stojo33]

Sure...lets do that and you might as well raise the prices before doing that...its not like people dont already struggle with high prices...would love to see your face when everything doublesin price within a night...

[@joshuadesouza5776]

More bikes and bike lanes, invest in more public transit, better options for commuters. Simple.

[@CHAOS80120]

Options instead of building more highways which induce more driving. >expand public transit into the auto-oriented suburbs to be a serious competitor to driving >stop sprawling suburban development that forces long commutes to work and make mixed use neighborhoods >legalize lane filtering and seriously encourage 2 wheeled modes of transportation (single person in a large suv driving into the city should be deeply frowned upon) >negotiate to turn canada freight rail lines in midtown toronto into public transit rail. >Reclaim the 407 and use its tolls to fund public transit. >redevelop the sprawling suburban hellscapes of brampton, vaughan, mississauga, markham into denser more mixed use cities that people have to leave less often >control immigration for once

[@user-BF1111]

We have only 1 yes, 1, thats ONE non toll highway through the city, other cities like Chicago, LA, NY having multiple highways.. We actually do need roads, it supplies our goods, it transports everything YOU need to exisit.. Not having roadways is not a viable option..

[@fsteddy6576]

@@user-BF1111 we can have roads AND more public transit.

[@lorenzofracasso-w6w]

After all the taxes ontarians and canadains pay, the govt needs to nationalize the 407 and make it free its citizens. The fact it's a privatized for profit road is preposterous and a disgrace for our provincial and federal govts. Clearly they don't care about their citizens as much as they do for foreign private interests.

[@douglasbargas5641]

Imagine what could happen if we had a strong subway system? Ppl use cars because transit suck nowadays!

[@orthodoxlivestreams]

What is needed will never be done. Either go big like what Boston did, or slow the pain by eliminating the growth of the GTA (ie: no new condos or immigration into the GTA). The reason the projections look nasty is because of population growth. Its not surprising that things will get much, much worse. What did you expect with adding countless condo buildings into a fixed area with no increase in the infrastructure?

[@neilirvine7129]

Why not more homes in Toronto proper? It seems the problem is commuters who live far from work, so why not live closer to work?

[@herschelwright4663]

Get ready for more wear and tear on the roads.😒

[@franki3Ru550]

Unfortunately, double decker highway and underground highway, more subway lines with express and local trains like New York lol

[@Byteable]

Tunnel highways and hyperloops should be a thing.

[@Aleksandar6ix]

And the drivers using the roads contribute to the problem too

[@johnnyburgess8326]

Facts. Toronto has the most unfinished high rise projects in North America. Lane blockages for decades, construction blockages at a level that no other city has. It's political that the one in charge of approving these are either stupid or paid off. Or both. Also, illegally parked vehicles that block lanes used to get towed away, and why doesn't that happen any more? Because tow companies can't be successful when politicians make sure they can't due to contracts etc. Also over 30,000 immigrants migrate to the gta every year. So more and more and more and more people come. And politicians, who are in charge of the city, don't expand roads. They approve construction projects that block roads and are generally paid off, corrupt and stupid. They are the ones to blame. Olivia Chow is the worst mayor, Toronto has ever seen since Toronto was a city.

[@adamyahya4638]

Maybe banks and other companies in the downtown core should not mandate 3-5 days a week at the office when there's absolutely zero need to do so. I couldn't care less about their investments in whatever building they're in. Not the employees problem or the citizens problem. The braindead that continue to run cities into the ground is just like amusing and numbing at this point. I'm not even sure what to feel anymore.

[@tushan1013]

Here here. Screw Mayor Chow and trying to mandate office days. It’s not needed, but it’s being forced down our throats to support downtown Toronto businesses.

[@R_daSilva]

Maybe banks offices should just be sensible and move. Leave our city and just make room for more entertainment. Does anyone that lives here actually work here?

[@blurtam188]

More than a few people need to go to prison over this!!

[@travisazzopardi8024]

Lol, it's already 20 kph on the 401 W. Dailey.

[@Shinnzo1357]

the sad part is this. lets say we have the answer, and plan, and funding. it would be 2070 before the plan would complete, and be gridlock during those years.

[@mberry480]

TOO MANY FREAKIN' PEOPLE IN TOO SMALL AN AREA.

[@neilirvine7129]

Yah! We're up to 20% of the population density of Paris, in the third biggest city in the US and Canada! What's next, three story buildings on transit corridors like Bloor?

[@BigDik-e8x]

We got indian immigrants getting mustangs then getting into accidents

[@pauly8442]

That's pretty specific.

[@melsvids73]

Recently I spent 2hrs and half on GO Train to Niagara Falls...going 60km average speed like WTF...We got stop our car dependency fix the GO commenter lines, with more frequent times high speed to Barrie, Niagara Falls, Collingwood, Kingston. Building more highways and traffic lanes won't solve the problems..that ship sailed with 407...We were totally screw with greedy and stupidity of all LEVELS of governments..

[@fpet1]

How about incentivising companies to get out of toronto? Or incentivising companies to remove RTO mandate and increase wfh

[@RidersInBlack]

Toronto was compared to the I-5 in Los Angeles over a decade ago.As one of the most congested and traffic snarled highways in North America. This is just the 401!! Not a statistic to be proud of. I worked for the city and got out. Now I cringe every time I have to go in there to attend an event, Or do something. You all need better transit folks from multiple levels.

[@TheDudecof]

Does some sounding tech wanna tell me what was happening at the beginning of the vid? Sounded like someone was shuffling their shirt with the mic live lol…wait I think I just got it 😂

[@tinyfootprints]

The apathy of our politicians at all levels of government on this issue is astounding. And tbh there’s a lot of apathy on the part of most drivers as well who just put up with it. It is humanly possible to remedy this problem, so the fact that it’s not getting fixed is strictly a matter of the lack of will to do it.

[@BigDik-e8x]

Every corner their is construction, this year they closed all ramps to get on the 401 or exit the 401 before midnight

[@mikec3971]

Fewer bike lanes and expand roads… in the past, we added lanes to existing roads to accommodate the population growth. Today…the city is still growing (6M in GTA) and city council is removing lanes to accommodate cycling season.

[@mbogucki1]

Induced Demand, a well studied phenomena that has been observed since the beginning of the automobile age, means adding more lanes solves nothing. One only needs to look at American cities that literally bulldozed their own neighborhoods to accommodate more lanes and parking to see it is a dead end.

[@lostlandmarks8305]

😂 pea brain comment.

[@MoeCamera]

I was stuck in downtown traffic for 2 hours I had to get out of my car because I was in so much pain

[@boricuadetorontocanada]

Build the 413 and make the 407 free. The 401 continues to be the busiest highway in NA. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@tikichouu]

In addition, toll sections of the road. Use the revenue to build more public transit.

[@murffromcanadamurf6414]

Well unfortunately its population related... Spread people all across ontario.. Well northern Ontario has been waiting over 30 years to have highway 4 laned from sudbury to sault st. Marie to thunderbay...the most heavily traveled 2 laned highway with transport going to the west or coming back to Ontario..

[@neoanderson563]

Was just in LA and drove through there, Toronto in worse shape. Biggest difference is that they keep moving and there are less ahole drivers

[@AlexanderHuzar]

Allen road not connecting to the Gardiner - that's a big issue. Going to require billions of $$$, but as long as you say "no money" then it'll never happen and traffic will ensue. Also the 100 year lease for the 407 should be cut down to as early as possible and remove it as a toll road entirely.

[@MA_lware]

Let's keep taking out live lanes and parking lanes on major roads to build bike lanes. That should help.

[@arcticmonkey3]

Agreed. Screw bikers

[@AS-gh1ge]

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[@davidhughes6048]

Was waiting for this very inane comment. Car drivers think they are stuck in traffic: NEWSFLASH - you ARE the traffic. And you have no divine right to drive unimpeded everywhere you want.

[@Superchickenman159]

electrify the GO to enable shorter headways. introduce congestion pricing, strengthen the growth plan one lane of rail traffic moves as many as 3 gardiner expressways.

[@andygrenn680]

Perspective needed here. Remember these are the good old days…

[@ronvandereerden4714]

If you continue to rely on cars you will lose. If you sprawl you will continue to rely on cars. If you continue to rely on cars, you will sprawl. You must break the curse. Do you dare?

[@JDMEXforme]

Overpopulation im still waiting for the news and government officials to say it. Im sure its gonna be heard soon. I remember 18 years ago when i got my license, highways were fun to cruise and get to your destination fast. Now its bad drivers and traffic takes longer than some side streets. Place is ruined.

[@adrianabeijon1350]

To make this city more effeciant we need 4 more subway lines.. and the streets would need an absolute overhaul with more round abouts and less traffic lights. But Torontonians can barely drive in stop and go traffic.. I don't want to imagine 2mil people trying to wrap their heads around a round about

[@xSMOKExEMxALLx]

I asked why there is no chat box on youtube when you're live. Why was my question deleted, don't you like answering questions, I thought thats what reporters do?

[@TheNiteinjail]

Every single time entitled car drivers manage to get money spent on more automobile infrastructure and not on making many options. Many options is the ONLY fix for traffic. People will automagically choose the best options available to themselves and the whole will end up super efficient compared to making every trip in a two tonne pickup because you have to drag the trailer to the lake twice a year.

[@issedoesit279]

A downtown congestion fee similar to alot of big cities would go along way to solve these problems. Would reduce car traffic and also raise much needed funds for transit. But these politicies bury their head in sand expecting things to change magically.

[@R.-et5fn]

No new taxes. People are already taxed to death

[@scOU812]

You wonder why people are moving out of the GTA.

[@quilmes99]

How so? Excellent public transit for the 1970s.