[Hourglass]

An average speed of 24 km/h to drive 12 km during non-rush hour is good??? And removing the viaducts to make journeys by car even longer is also good?

I'm sort of struggling with the logic. We're not talking Midtown Manhattan or London here.

I get the idea behind removing the viaducts. I'm dubious about the idea of an 8-lane super road to replace it. More to the point, what's the specific plan of how the resulting change in traffic flow will be managed (other than the assurance that my journey will 'only' be 3 minutes longer)?

Apart from the fact that it has forced people out of their cars into using transit (which also might be due to the fact that Skytrain is more extensive than 10 years ago), why are we celebrating gridlock? It's bad for the environment. It's bad for business. And it's a huge waste of people's time.

I would totally get behind the viaduct removal if there was a sound plan to handle the traffic. How about a connection from the super road (or whatever it is) to Highway No 1 across the rail yards and through the Grandview Cut to speed up commercial traffic? Or taking some of the downtown-bound traffic off surface roads via a tunnel into downtown? (interesting idea Trofirhen)

The downtown peninsula is still the commercial centre of Metro Vancouver. It has roughly 50% of the region's office space (more if you include the Broadway corridor). I think a bit more big picture thinking by the politicians at city hall is needed.