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Originally Posted by esquire
I can't think of too many airport drives that are all that flattering to a city... I know Winnipeg's isn't that great either. It involves going downtown through the airport industrial area and then the West End, which is a tired looking and somewhat down at the heels urban neighbourhood. When Glen Murray was mayor during the 1999 Pan American Games, he was behind a push to get cab drivers to bring guests downtown via Wellington Crescent instead, a posh residential street that most would consider out of the way for an airport trip.
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Most Canadian cities don't have direct freeway connections from downtown to the airport.
You could do this in Toronto from Pearson down the 427 then along the Gardiner although right now Google Maps recommends a circuitous route partly along Bathurst to avoid traffic. The Gardiner route is considerably more impressive than the suggested surface streets.
The drive from downtown Vancouver to the airport involves almost no highways but doesn't look too bad.
In Halifax you can either take 102, which makes the city seem much bigger than it is, or 118, which mostly goes through woods. If the 102 connected sensibly up to Barrington that would be pretty impressive.