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Originally Posted by waterloowarrior
The impact of the Queensway on the ground is much worse in the inner suburbs than downtown... I find the inner city overpasses quite short and not much of a barrier. We even have separated bike lanes going under the Queensway. There could always be improvements but overall it's not bad.
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Agree, west of Carling/Kirkwood or let's say Cole, the Queensway becomes far more of a barrier due to the fact that it is at general grade and everything else has to go up and over it on overpasses with lengthy approaches.
Freeways and expressways like the Queensway really should be sunk in trenches or elevated on embankments so that they don't interfere as much with the rest of the urban grid.
Sunk freeways are less visually obnoxious (and easier still to hide in the long term by covering over) and also probably constrain noise better but with the continued dominance of internal combustion engines they also likely contribute more to local (i.e. immediate neighbourhood) air pollution than raised freeways.