You realize the 401 existed before Toronto became what it is today as a bypass?? It was a 4 lane hwy with land to expand to what it is today.
No Drum, I have no clue about the history of Toronto or the 401.........
Really, must you be so condescending? I know all about the 401 and when it was built as the Toronto by-pass.
Where do you think the 401 should be relocated to at what cost and how many decades to do it? Who is to pay fore it?? What about the extra travel time that will be needed to move goods to travel this new 401 and how much more are you willing to pay for things you buy because of extra travel time??
How do you expect things be delivery to everyone from places within the city where they are built or need to be distributed to stores that you buy from??
That car of yours is more important than than moving goods and creating local employment.
Really, wow, you wasted a post on all that.
I did not say I favoured removing the 401, I said I oppose its existence relative to context in the City.
Which is to say, I consider it bad urban planning that the Toronto by-pass was by-passed.
There is no practical ability to remove it now. I was not suggesting there was.
The Greenbelt should have been created in the 1950s and begun at the 401 and been inviolable, or we should have built the 401 further north.
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You need to read posts in context Drum, I was replying to someone.
My point in replying was to say if you were purposefully designing a City you would never put the 401 as it is, where it is.
Its function is impaired, and its aesthetically and otherwise problematic.
Its too wide, its entrances/exits are often unsafe for pedestrians/cyclists, its unsightly, there are too few crossings, and its clogged, which defeats the point of efficient movement of goods and people.
My point was not that we should make it disappear.
