Comments on: Clogged highways come at a steep cost

By: Stephen Webster

Stephen Webster — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 04:56:15 +0000

In reply to Rocky Besharat. No we need to provide parking and housing with $ from more roads with tolls

By: Stephen Webster

Stephen Webster — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 18:25:48 +0000

In reply to Blaine Mitton. No a much better solution is to build auto tolls on about 2000 km in ont and 1400 km more in B C from 600 hrs to 2200 hrs Monday thru Saturday and 1300 hrs to 1800 hrs on Sunday at 7 cent for card van under 4000 kg above that 8 cents/ km/ axle and bring in a min local truck driver wage of $25 on payroll and O T R at $31 hr on payroll

By: Rocky Besharat

Rocky Besharat — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:10:11 +0000

If the government really cares about the environment they should subsidize tolls for all commercial license plate using the 407ETR to reduce traffic and emissions in the air

By: Blaine Mitton

Blaine Mitton — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 16:00:32 +0000

Buy back the HWY 407, remove Grid lock on the QEW, 403, 401 and 427, payback is amazing, and improves every year.
Remove the tolls for everyone, improve our productivity dramatically.
Forget 413 until this is done

By: BRUCE DOYLE

BRUCE DOYLE — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 04:29:34 +0000

I have confided and suggested in a detailed idea to the Ontario Government how this continuous Congestion and Gridlock could be avoided and overcome but apparently not interested. My thoughts were to create a huge Government Works Project to create and provide a tremendous amount of Work and Employment paying good wages. I suggested and laid out to the Transportation Ministry the creation and construction of a Causeway extending possibly from the area of Fifty Rd. in Stoney Creek to the area of Picketing, Ajax or Whitby. The Water Depth in the Western end of Lake Ontario is not out of the Realm of possibility. All vehicles, especially Trucks coming out of the States heading East of the GTA could avoid the stretch of the QEW and the heavily contested 401. This would definitely overshadow the immensely and overwhelming Gridlock not to mention Monies not lost to Our Economy and the Environment in Idling and Fuel Burn. A Huge Project but hugely beneficial in the long run. Many examples around the World have exhibited the Causeway idea and solution to Transportation Effectiveness.
Bruce Doyle
Hamilton

By: Clive Reddin

Clive Reddin — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 02:53:07 +0000

No matter the time, the 401 always seems to be jammed up somehow.
Took 5 hours from Dixie/401 to Napanee the other week. GPS estimated time is 2.5 hours.
Meanwhile, the electronic boss keeps ticking away your working time.

By: Stephen Webster

Stephen Webster — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 23:32:01 +0000

We need to. Look. At gov money for transit not for electric trucks and heavy duty charger. We need a system to have the work location much closer to the housing and maybe convert 70 percent of some office buildings into to housing for employees that work in that building or a sh9 walking distance
Ww will still need some new roads and better truck and bus parking
The gov needs to fund 50 percent of city transit and buss trips under 150 km if able bodies if disabled the gov should cover 75 percent of the cost of the service for road and rail upto 150 km and for medical care
We also need to stop building single family homes and replace with 10 to 20 stores 2 to 3 bedroom units with rent assist to those that are disabled or have 3 or more children in my opinion. A plan to bring in foreign workers or foreign students is not a good way to keep.a well educated skilled workers in my opinion.