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Originally Posted by sa230e
I'm not a civil engineer but in my head I've always thought they should build a beltway around the GTA but only with interchanges at other 400 series highways and not surface streets to discourage using it as a commuter route.
On paper at least it should allow traffic to bypass the city and siphon traffic off the 401 while limiting urban sprawl and induced demand. Plus, fewer interchanges reduces the cost of the project.
Crazy idea?
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It might have worked for the 407, but people would have screamed that the fancy new highway was inaccessible to them.
The amount of traffic through Toronto is probably low relative to the total volume on the 401 in the city. Either people are headed into/out of the city or are local commuters.