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Toronto: A Real Solution to Highway 401 Congestion — an Express Subway.

A subway to Pickering makes much more sense than a 401 Tunnel.

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Reece
Jun 06, 2025
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The Ontario government is pushing for a road tunnel under Highway 401. In this post, I’m going to an alternative project that would:

  • Be faster to build

  • Let people travel up to 50% faster than they can currently on the 401 (with no traffic) — over 150 kilometres per hour

  • Roughly double the capacity of the corridor

  • Completely revolutionize transit on the 401,…

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