Comment 93704

By seancb (registered) - website | Posted October 25, 2013 at 08:52:36 in reply to Comment 93686

Unless one works downtown, one should not be coming down the mountain accesses during rush hour. The whole point of having the Linc is for mountain traffic to access west hamilton and beyond via highway to the 403. I have no sympathy for drivers who come down an inner city access and then get mad waiting in traffic to get to the 403. We pay a hell of a lot to have these highways, people need to start using them so we can stop paying a hell of a lot MORE to maintain a dozen other highways through lower Hamilton.

This is pure habit. The way we choose routes (As drivers) in Hamilton is insane. From Limeridge mall, we'll often choose to drive down the access and through downtown if we need to get to the 403 because going up 300 metres "the wrong way" to the linc feels "out of the way". It's like someone in downtown Toronto deciding to drive to the 401 via yonge street because detouring 3 blocks to the gardiner is "too far out of the way"

And if one works downtown and "doesn't have a choice", they still actually do have a choice. Don't want to sit in traffic? Choose to live downtown. It's not like we're in new york where a 300 square foot room is a million dollars.

Comment edited by seancb on 2013-10-25 08:53:26

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