Sep 20, 2026 · 49 min · 11 segments
Highway traffic volumes across much of Northern Ontario have remained relatively flat or even declined over the past decade or so, but those stats mask an important change. Heavy truck traffic has…
Well, you're so far the foremost expert, I'm afraid to say, on this two plus one highway that I've been able to find anyway.
Yeah, I know a lot about it for sure, have done a lot of research, but there are many other people around the world who are much more expert at it than I am.
We can talk a little bit about that and where they are successful around the world is sort of proof that they're a model that I think is worth evaluating more here in Canada.
Substandard road geometry, insufficient passing opportunities, and worst of all, I guess, above average collision and fatality rates.
Some of the research I've done is interesting in terms of the numbers of trucks and cars that are using highways, the northern highways, I'll call them.
They've been trending upwards, you know, for quite some time since 2010 to the, you know, early 2000s.
The actual numbers of vehicles, that is cars and trucks combined, actually has declined somewhat.
Well, you're so far the foremost expert, I'm afraid to say, on this two plus one highway that I've been able to find anyway.
Yeah, I know a lot about it for sure, have done a lot of research, but there are many other people around the world who are much more expert at it than I am.
We can talk a little bit about that and where they are successful around the world is sort of proof that they're a model that I think is worth evaluating more here in Canada.
Substandard road geometry, insufficient passing opportunities, and worst of all, I guess, above average collision and fatality rates.
Some of the research I've done is interesting in terms of the numbers of trucks and cars that are using highways, the northern highways, I'll call them.
They've been trending upwards, you know, for quite some time since 2010 to the, you know, early 2000s.
The actual numbers of vehicles, that is cars and trucks combined, actually has declined somewhat.
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