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GO buses to get bypass lane this month
GO Transit buses will be able to bypass traffic using shoulder lanes starting September 7.
Toronto City Council approved the initiative in June, which will allow GO buses to use shoulder lanes on a segment of the Don Valley Parkway when traffic slows to below 60 km per hour. The buses, however, cannot exceed speeds 20 km hour over the speed of regular traffic.
GO riders will be flipped the bird by disgruntled drivers between Lawrence Avenue and just north of York Mills Road.
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Ottawa has dedicated bus lanes (on the highway too) and it was a big incentive to bus rather than drive.
Even as it is, the new lane for the buses looks very tight, which is likely the reason for the speed limit of 20 km/h above the average traffic speed.
And why weren't the Ministry of Transportation, car owners, insurance companies and the authorities (Traffic Division) not consulted? Another reason to vote against these ninies at city hall! What's next? Bike lanes on the DVP?
I guess pulling into the bus lane and having the GO buses stick to the regular lanes for the duration of the accident is out of the picture right?
Read the City's report from May:
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pw/bgrd/backgroundfile-29798.pdf
2. Cars have to yield to buses no? Make sure you do that.
but in Chicago, commuter trains operate between the
east- and westbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway
as well as other expressways.
I'm sure motorists on the stretch of the Gardiner
Expressway have the same feelings when they see the
GO trains sail by so smoothly.
I hope every SINGLE car driver's blood-pressure rises, just a little bit more, as they sit in traffic, watching the GO bus go sailing by. Maybe it will give some drivers a longer chance to think about how they are selfishly consuming every marginal barrel.