Too bad that I didn't see anything about adding in HOV lanes anywhere in there. Having HOV lanes all the way from Brant St all the way to the 427 would be a huge bonus. I know it probably means a reconfiguration of the service roads too, but that may be worth it.
Most of the service roads from Etobicoke Creek to Hurontario have no frontage on them, so those streets can be turned into cul-de-sacs (most of the surrounding areas are low density residential). The spots that do have frontage, the road can be turned into a one-way or something. Access to the Dixie Outlet mall can be maintained if a row or two from the parking lot are expropriated to move the Service Road further back.
The service roads are east-west roads south of Dundas that replace the non existing grid road and east-west roads that are missing for the full width of Mississauga.
Mississauga had the ability to run the Queensway over to Winston Churchill, but they stop it at Mavis because of the golf course next to the Port Credit River. The poor golf people would not stand for this road going over their course and forced the city to kill that idea. Huge mistake.
The city has very few east-west/north-south roads running the full width city. This cause major congestion as it forces traffic onto overcrowding roads now, side streets and cutting threw residential areas. Until Burnhamthrope was built over the Port Credit River in the 80's, Lakeshore, QEW, Dundas, 403, Eglinton, Britannia, 401 and Derry were the only east-west roads for the full width of the city.
Once the QEW or the Lakeshore goes down, the residents south of the QEW are screw if they want to go east or west because of the total gridlock that takes place within their area..
MT cannot run both direction service on the north service road as there is no room to put in stops safety for riders considering there is enough density for the #4 bus.
The service roads should go over the Port Credit River, but a few big home owners have put a halt to that idea, as well cost.
The Dixie interchange is a nightmare and an unsafe one. Even coming off 427 for Dixie is an accident waiting to happen.
The HOV are a joke by having less than 3 passengers in a car and lack of enforcement. In many place in the US, these lanes are being turn over to traffic because of these issues.
The street system was very poorly layout and to remove the service roads would hemp the residents in with very few ways out. Most would be very long ways.
To do it right, you would need to tear everything down along those road and redevelop the whole area. In one way, not a bad thing, as you could fix some issues as well create more density. This would help the area to get better transit service than it does today.
