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I sure beats the freeway for sure. Can a person get into Langley when taking that route? It's been so long I can't remember. The turnoff is on the other side of the bridge in Hope is it not?
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Originally Posted by Zip
I sure beats the freeway for sure. Can a person get into Langley when taking that route? It's been so long I can't remember. The turnoff is on the other side of the bridge in Hope is it not?
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Originally Posted by preppypyro
Thats because of the damn port mann bridge, it always backs up there.
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Port Mann, Deas Tunnel (Massey Tunnel), Oak Street Bridge etc etc - we all know what the problem is. When you look how spread out the lower mainland is, the so-called 'bedroom' communities are all producing huge increases in traffic which is an unsolvable situation. A friend of mine (dead at 57) working near UBC, used to commute to Maple Ridge in rush hour. He knew it was crazy but did it anyway. If you want to at least improve traffic conjestion, unpleasant changes need to be brought in along with some agreeable ones.
Don't get upset with me, but heavy tolls on bridges between municipalities are one unpleasant answer just like in New York ($6 each way in 2003). Tax incentives to live close to work (In Germany, in the 70s, if you wanted to move to a new apartment, it had to be closer to your work or it was not allowed by law!!!) On the freer and happier side, we need much more 'infill housing' in Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, North Shore so that second families can live on standard lots (rentable 1 BR suites over garages for example). Of course, many of these ideas are very unpopular until people get really stressed out and demand change. Is twinning the Port Mann a good idea?
Don't get upset with me, but heavy tolls on bridges between municipalities are one unpleasant answer just like in New York ($6 each way in 2003). Tax incentives to live close to work (In Germany, in the 70s, if you wanted to move to a new apartment, it had to be closer to your work or it was not allowed by law!!!) On the freer and happier side, we need much more 'infill housing' in Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, North Shore so that second families can live on standard lots (rentable 1 BR suites over garages for example). Of course, many of these ideas are very unpopular until people get really stressed out and demand change. Is twinning the Port Mann a good idea?
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Ya, but I worry that the Trucking industry will be hit yet again - also small businesses need a break too so that a contractor or plumber in his van who crosses a bridge perhaps 3 or 4 times a day doesn't get screwed. It's all the commuters (and guys like me), one per car that you have to work on (hit hardest). Of course there are more and more people driving out of the city in the morning and back at night - rush hours in both directions at the same time.
Remember in high school doing a project on Roman Cities - they were smart buggers those Romans! Once a small city was built and full with inhabitants (mostly slaves), no more people could live there...newcomers had to build a another city somewhere else far away...I guess we can't go back....
Time for a beer!
Remember in high school doing a project on Roman Cities - they were smart buggers those Romans! Once a small city was built and full with inhabitants (mostly slaves), no more people could live there...newcomers had to build a another city somewhere else far away...I guess we can't go back....
Time for a beer!
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It's so built up down there there is almost no room for more roads or even expansion of existing ones.
No traffic problems here. Sometimes I have to wait for a car to pass so I can leave the driveway.
No traffic problems here. Sometimes I have to wait for a car to pass so I can leave the driveway.