I agree. They should Market the 401 as a tourist draw.

How do you find the highways of Toronto, compared to those of Sydney, Melbourne, etc?

401 east of Toronto is a small 2 lane road which makes it rather small.

Way, WAY east of Toronto and all areas east to Montreal will be under construction to be 6 lanes snd it is very busy. Already 6 laned through Kingston.

​@@saiharanmuralee7050 I've been to Sydney/Melbourne a couple of times and stayed for awhile. Canadian highways have wider lanes with far more lanes overall per highway. It isn't a good thing though. Despite the size of our highways, we're gridlocked with traffic for most of the day further exacerbated by daily accidents and construction. Come winter time, with terrible weather, it's just as bad. The highways here are the way they are because the country's governments didn't coordinate and develop a longterm plan to develop the infrastructure to support target immigration levels. They didn't regulate where immigrants moved to so everyone moved here. Our transit systems have been underinvested in for decades now as well so everyone chooses to drive the moment they're able to. This is the result.

Great to hear!

Going straight used to bring you back into the collectors but now it brings you into the new express lanes. People still haven't figured out to use the collectors lanes as a shortcut. Saves me 5 minutes daily.

Who tf cares if it's beautiful or modern when it's gridlocked most of the day. Everyday, accidents and construction. Drivers are aggressive and tailgate. It's so dangerous and stressful. There hasn't been a time when it wasn't like that. Every 10 years or so, they begin a brand new "Life changing" 10 year construction project of widening. In the end, the project doesn't actually improve usability or quality of life for anybody because 1 million people joined the roads and ramped up congestion, while all that construction was going on. But, we have no alternative to the car over here, to travel the distances we need to go so people drive. Hence, highways this large. That is the Canadian way. Short-sighted. short-term thinking. And everyone outside of this country looks in and marvels at life here. Nobody gets it, until you live here.

@@1986Unlimited Maybe that's why it's called the four oh fucking one.🤣

Good

I've driven the old Alaskan Way Viaduct. I haven't gotten a chance to drive the new tunnel yet however.

I think the new lanes will all be open by the end of 2022, but I expect that they will have paving and landscaping work to do for much of 2023.

At the end of the westbound express lanes, the left lane ends, which I think was a mistake, the ramp from the collectors should lose a lane, not the other way around, though I'm sure drivers will figure in out over the next few weeks. It's hard to drive the 401 without experiencing any congestion.

@@AsphaltPlanet1 It's only temporary, once the extension is fully complete there should be 3 through express lanes all the way through to Milton. You can look at the drawings of the new lane layouts in the environmental assessment.

I've been to the US several times, and have several videos from 2021 and 2022 online.

I believe the 401 is the busiest highway in the world. No roadway anywhere carries more traffic. I have looked extensively to find something bigger but can't. There are no 50 lane highways in China either although they have some impressively large toll plazas. The Katy freeway in Houston is not bigger than the 401 either and there are at least 8 sections of freeway in other American cities bigger than the Katy. To understand how that false claim about the Katy came into being just check PolitifactTexas "World's largest freeway isn't where Sylvester Turner thinks it is."

100 km/h (60-65 mph) is the default for the 400 series in Ontario

Yes, for whatever the reason, toll roads in Ontario are signed with blue signs. Historically toll roads in Quebec were also signed with blue signage as well. Until recently there were a few remainder blue signs on some of Quebec's former toll roads but I think they've all been replaced now.

@@AsphaltPlanet1 Well, it makes sense since most countries around the world use blue signs for toll expressways to avoid confusion with standard freeways that use green signs.

Two more years. They should have the lane configuration completed by next year, but an additional year will be required for top coarse paving.

Plus, they have to replace the old concrete with asphalt to make it smoother.

They'll pave over the concrete with asphalt before the snow flies. The have exposed the concrete in order to replace any weak or broken concrete slabs.

Glad I don't have to drive on 401 to work and home every day. It gotten crazy out there.

That’s true but only if your in a rush or willing to get the money out of ur pocket then ya if your like just taking it for fun then prepare to pay

True but also you're losing a substantial amount of income doing it regularly. The 407 isn't exactly affordable, even with a transponder.

Yeah, it would definitely be better if there wasn’t a gap in the collector lanes.

Heavy Rescue 401 drives the comparison home, especially when the weather is crappy.

Such as Interstate 95 between Wilmington DE and Chester PA.

seemed like a bit of a questionable maneuver.