Comment 96902

By Pxtl (registered) - website | Posted January 17, 2014 at 11:13:25 in reply to Comment 96898

You keep implying that some municipal change has made this traffic worse. They converted a straight-through-lane into a left-turn-lane when they added the bike-lane past the high-school (and I defy you to say that a high-school doesn't need a bike lane). That shouldn't have affected the traffic at all anyways - most of the traffic coming out of Longwood would be going to McMaster, which would be a left turn. The only real "loss" is a lane of traffic feeding into Westdale, which isn't exactly a massive employment centre. Eastbound traffic would be getting off at the Main Eastbound ramp instead of the Longwood exit.

How could traffic have shifted for the worse?

Either way, the likely reconfiguring of that intersection if a lane were removed would be to lose a southbound lane, not a northbound one. So under Ryan's plan, your morning commute wouldn't change except you'd be less likely to get stuck behind a cyclist.

What could be done as a compromise: keep Longwood 4 lanes as-is up to the bridge, where you narrow it to 3 lanes (2 North, 1 South). Add the new separated bike-path and improved sidewalk as planned but without the ridiculous road-widening to five lanes and the sistered bridge.

Comment edited by Pxtl on 2014-01-17 11:18:54

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