A bad summer for traffic
It’s not really news that it’s been a bad summer for traffic: the news items, blocked streets, orange cones and detouring buses make even non‑drivers aware of the situation. The Journal, however, needs somebody to blame, so is pinning it on city hall’s lack of coordination, while telling the tale of the excavations on St‑Urbain, a project being done by Hydro-Quebec, not by city contractors.
Jack 13:20 on 2019-08-19 Permalink
I was walking with my kid in NDG, she has just moved there. I realized I used to walk these same streets 30 years ago, but there was one thing that had changed dramatically: the density of car traffic.
It was crazy.
There are twice as many cars using the same layout and transit grid.
There are 100% more cars using the same infrastructure as 30 years ago.
Our city cannot support this exponential growth.
By most models it will double again in 10-15 years.
So when we think about traffic let’s start here first.