Ontario election: NDP says it would initiate purchase of Hwy. 407, remove tolls
https://globalnews.ca/news/10979119/ndp-sale-highway-407-remove-tolls-election/
@banana_wizardSama the 905 really cares about highway traffic. Most people in the suburbs canāt reach their workplace without getting on a highway. Iām not happy about it. I donāt like that they also like filling an F150ās worth of space for a single passenger, but it is what it is. If she wants to make a dent outside of Toronto and Hamilton, Iām not surprised she went in this direction. More broadly if weāre to address the problem with higher highway capacity, the 407 is the cheapest option.
Itās kind of ironic that the buyout of the 407 and removing tolls outright is considered a traffic capacity solution when the central part of the highway does get busy during rush hour, but not so busy to the point where volume slows down the flow of traffic.
But definitely I can also see how thatās a popular move given how the average voter would believe that traffic would flow so much better without tolls without realizing the implication that more people (myself included) would be more drawn to using it.
Not saying Iām completely against it, since the masses need to be won over anyways. I also think that thereās benefits to traffic outside of peak times, to an extent.
@moonbunny I think thatās pretty much it. Gotta make a tangible perceived difference. Then mass invest in alternatives that actually improve things long term. Then at some point play parts of the same class against each other - large vehicles vs smaller vehicles to remove truck commuters from the roads.
