Comment 91407

By -Hammer- (registered) | Posted August 26, 2013 at 17:06:32 in reply to Comment 91269

I disagree with your assesment, espcially when your figures indicate Main and King St, even with some of the highest traffic usage and large number of lanes, still boasts very high volume per lane ratios compared to the rest of the city, with only Upper James and Mohawk (which is immediately connected to the Linc, a major mountain access and a major commercial area and is very close to the West 5th access), Garth and Fennel (which is also connected to a mountain access, close to the West 5th access and Mohawk College) and Golflinks and Stonechurch (which is immediately connected to the Linc and a major commercial area) and suffers from traffic funneling far more as a result.

The "Ring Highway" suggestion you make would be some 4-5KM away for residents to utilize, which is going to compound the already high traffic issues on Upper James and Garth that your figures say are the worst streets in Hamilton.

I also feel that as density continues to increase in the core (as is a requirement for a healthy Urban environment) and other streets (such as Canon) are converted, the need will grow, and while an LRT would be an effective bullet to many of these concerns, that's in the purview of the province and doesn't look to be comming down the pipe any time soon.

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