Comment 93900

By Pxtl (registered) - website | Posted October 29, 2013 at 11:51:39

Queen may be the least essential one-way street in Hamilton.

Challenge accepted.

Queen connects Cannon Street's terminus to King and Main. During this stretch it actually sees a lot of traffic as it effectively functions as part of the westbound highway - drivers going to Burlington continue onto York Boulevard, but drivers heading to Westdale or the 403 Westbound take Queen. Likewise, it allows drivers coming from York Boulevard to get to King/Main without slogging up Dundurn. Notice that this leg of Queen is part of the truck route.

Further, South of Main we have the Beckett Drive mountain access. Queen quickly carries traffic from King/Main to Beckett. That said, the 1-way problem forces Westbound traffic to cram onto Aberdeen instead of heading to King, much to the frustration of Kirkendallers.

Now, north of York/Cannon? Completely pointless. They're only leaving it that way to avoid the nuisance of reconfiguring the Queen/York/Cannon traffic light.

Now, I'm not saying this kind of usage for the street justifies it's 1-way nature, but it definitely is not the "least essential". I mean, cramming 18-wheelers onto that leg of Queen results in that beautiful accident photo you posted here a while back. And I'm sure all the kids walking to Ryerson would like to be able to do it on a normal street. So yeah, there are plenty of entries on the "con" column, but it's got a few in the "pro" too.

But I'm sure we can come up with a dozen streets that better-deserve that title. Heck, I could come up with a dozen streets that deserve that title in Durand alone, and another dozen in Kirkendall. I mean, for pity's sake look at this:

https://www.google.ca/maps?ll=43.252408,...

That's insane.

Comment edited by Pxtl on 2013-10-29 12:01:25

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