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25256
In the spirit of shameless self promotion :) http://www.onthighways.com/hwy_401_images/401_cl_372_east_lg.jpg ...
Scott Steeves
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Jun 2, 2009
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25257
I don't know about other jurisdictions, but quite a number of cities here in Southern Ontario are converting one-way streets back to two way operations. The...
Scott Steeves
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Jun 3, 2009
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25258
I don't know about other jurisdictions, but quite a number of cities here in Southern Ontario are converting one-way streets back to two way operations. The...
Scott Steeves
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Jun 3, 2009
11:46 pm
25259
A lot of Cities across Ontario have been converting former one-way streets to two-way operation with the thought that the decreased traffic speeds, and...
Scott Steeves
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Jun 3, 2009
11:47 pm
25260
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Scott Steeves ... So what is happening to the \15/ designation in Kitchener. \15/ is typically King St \15/ bypassed the...
Andrew D. Taylor
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Jun 4, 2009
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25261
... I don't know. Was King Street designated along Charles and Duke Street back when it was two way? The Region of Waterloo recently removed all of the old...
Scott Steeves
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Jun 4, 2009
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25262
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Scott Steeves ... I couldn't say. My earliest recollection is from the late 70s and at that time Duke and Charles were one way...
Andrew D. Taylor
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Jun 4, 2009
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25263
... Which street did 7A run down in K/W? It amazes me just how many roads the City has. A lot of larger cities don't have their own local eight-lane freeway....
Scott Steeves
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Jun 4, 2009
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25264
... 90% of the one-way streets in downtown St. Catharines will be two-way by the end of the summer. Small sections of St. Paul, King and Niagara will be...
Nick Dubanow
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Jun 4, 2009
5:04 pm
25265
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Scott Steeves ... See http://www.thekingshighway.ca/MAPS/Hwy7A_altmap.htm for an excerpt from the 1958 Official Ontario Road...
Andrew D. Taylor
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Jun 4, 2009
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25266
... The City of Edmonton converted a few one-way streets in its downtown, particularly 102 Avenue and 103 Avenue, to two-way streets about 10 or more years...
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Jun 4, 2009
7:03 pm
25267
... I think that some cities went overboard with one-way streets back in the 1950s to 1970s, and converting some of them back to two-way isn't a bad idea....
captainbeowulf
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Jun 4, 2009
8:50 pm
25268
... From what I am reading it seems that the verdict is out whether one-way versus two way streets actually do anything to improve business operations. Sitting...
Scott Steeves
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Jun 5, 2009
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25269
The Region of Waterloo is currently embarking on a study of the possibility of bringing Light Rail mass transit to the Cities of Kitchener and Waterloo....
Scott Steeves
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Jun 5, 2009
3:24 am
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I have nothing against LRT. However, I am always concerned when politicians and others push for costly LRT projects and fail to show any 'option analysis'...
needbetterroads
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Jun 5, 2009
3:14 pm
25271
... No, well, they don't, and Cambridge should have had a bypass years ago. That west side bypass seemed like a perfectly good idea to me - it had been mapped...
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Jun 5, 2009
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25272
... As everyone here probably knows by now from some of my recent curmudgeonly posts, I believe in a "balanced" transportation system with freeways and...
captainbeowulf
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Jun 5, 2009
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25273
... Extremely good idea. I think K-W has reached the right threshold as well. Currently, the smallest city to have ever attempted to build an LRT system is...
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Jun 6, 2009
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25274
... The plan originally included light rail all the way down to Downtown Galt along Hespeler Road. This plan was shelved due to cost, and low projected...
Scott Steeves
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Jun 6, 2009
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25275
Is it just Highway 1 and 99 in Vancouver and the 403 and 404 in Ontario that have high occupancy vehicle lanes? Scott...
Scott Steeves
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Jun 7, 2009
10:24 pm
25276
... There seem to be various arterial roads with HOV lanes. For instance, there is a HOV lane on Dundas (former highway 5) in Mississauga and Etobicoke -...
captainbeowulf
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Jun 7, 2009
11:54 pm
25277
... Don't forget the HOVs on 417 between Moodie Dr and Palladium Dr. Construction has been ongoing for sometime between Moodie and Eagleson/March Rd. Andrew...
Andrew D. Taylor
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Jun 8, 2009
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25278
... Here's a non-exhaustive list of those I know about: -Calgary *Centre Street North (2+, peaks) -Ottawa/Gatineau (Gatineau having the widest network east of...
Félix
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Jun 8, 2009
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25279
... Edmonton -97 Street South of Yellowhead Trail -Belgravia Road leading up to South Campus Transit Centre (Buses only) -some areas around the U of A have HOV...
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Jun 8, 2009
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I recall seeing a presentation at a conference about 10 years ago about HOV lanes on BC 7A west of Port Moody, but I've never been there. Rick Perez ... From:...
Rick Perez
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Jun 8, 2009
4:19 am
25281
... How come they pulled these lanes? Scott...
Scott Steeves
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Jun 8, 2009
11:39 am
25282
Here's a link listing all the HOV lanes in the BC Lower Mainland. http://govbc.ride-share.com/en/my/mytext.php?section=hov Some of these HOV lanes are 24/7...
red wine
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Jun 8, 2009
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25283
... They've been replaced by bus lanes or simply deleted in the A-13 case....
Félix
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Jun 8, 2009
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25284
I'm a highly puzzled US citizen looking for an explanation. I recently started using commercial mapping software. Browsing through different features of the...
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Jun 9, 2009
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25285
... As far as I know, this is an artifact of the system used to survey and settle the land. Roads in Southern Ontario were generally laid out using the...
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