August 7, 2024
Written by Roveena Jassal for Now Toronto
“If the city invests more money into the TTC bus routes that are closer to highways, they can take a real bite out of the number of vehicles that are forced onto the roads from folks who maybe would have taken transit if there was a fast and good quality way to get where they’re going,” Sarah Buchanan, the campaign director of Toronto Environment Alliance, told Now Toronto.
“There’s a proposal on the table right now the province is moving forward with building Highway 413 and that would put more cars and trucks on the road [and] increase vehicle pollution. We know that building new highways creates a situation called induced demand, where it simply creates more overall vehicle volume on these highways, instead of just creating more space for the existing vehicles to drive,” Buchanan continued."
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