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Originally Posted by manny_santos
I also have gotten the sense that highway upgrades in the Fraser Valley are sometimes presented as a false dichotomy between highway widening and public transit (as often happens in the GTA as well). Why can’t it be both?
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I get a good laugh every time the provincial government announces something related to a growth in provincial road capacity in Ontario, as all the urbanist-type people I follow on twitter inevitably post some comment about how widening any road is equal to the devil. Like widening Highway 3 to Leamington isn't going to make diddly squat difference on transit demand in the area or change the modal share on the corridor in any direction. Or the 401 through Mississauga is so comically overloaded but widening it isn't something that should even be considered.. Sure, let the trucks and our shipping industry drown in the congestion then.