Even though I'm late, what a beautiful tour in a beautiful weather. Can't wait to see how the 400 will look like once the HOV lanes will be completed to Highway 9 in the coming years. The 407 gives me some type of freeway vibe, don't know how to describe it. Love the pavement on the highway and nice to see that you brought one of the musics from your I-75 in Atlanta video to this video.
Awesome video! Love how wide and open Highway 407 is. Can't wait to visit Ontario again once the borders are finally open again. It's interesting to see both shadow and contrast lane lines on that section of 407. I wonder if MTO is testing the effectiveness of each type of pavement marking there.
Thanks for the comment. I am very much looking forward to the borders being opened again as well. In the case of the 407, the shadow lane markings were initially marked on the newly diamond ground concrete pavement, and then the contrast lane lines were added a year or so later. I'm of the opinion that the contrast lane lines will probably eventually be the standard, but I don't think the MTO has yet settled on a final standard.
After watching many of your US videos, I was feeling like Toronto's network wasn't as complex. I am reminded that it is still quite complex. I'll have to drive out to the west end this weekend. enjoy your weekend AP.
Thanks much for the comment. While Toronto decidedly doesn't have the most extensive freeway network on the continent, it's certainly no slouch either in my opinion.
Greater Toronto has one of the best freeway networks in the world IMO. Not just length (although Toronto certainly isn't lacking in this either), but in terms of road quality and width the 400-series highways are unparalleled, and the Gardiner is an amazingly beautiful elevated expressway too.
@@GreatAussieDrives100% Toronto highways are the best in Canada, when you drive on the highways in bc they feel like they’re 20 years behind the highways in the Greater Toronto area and Ontario
Geat video! Did you know? The term "expressway" in most countries in Asia means they are highest road class, meaning no access or traffic lights. They don't use the term "freeway" or "motorway" in most Asian countries. On the other hand, the term "expressway" in other most European countries, US (varies by state), New Zealand, Canada, and parts of Australia means they are lower class roads which means it may have some at-grade intersection or exit/entrance ramp.
In our context these terms are very interchangeable - such as the Gardiner Expressway being an elevated divided freeway perhaps similar to the ones in Asia, but its primary characteristics (concrete barrier median, grade separation, interchange ramps, high speed limit, controlled access) are essentially identical to a 400-series freeway in Ontario.
Those terms essentially mean the same thing - "controlled-access highway" is the overall umbrella term. Just an FYI, here in Australia, motorway/freeway/expressway is used interchangeably. Expressway does mean a lower class road. "Motorway" is generally preferred, because "freeway" is generally only used for non-tolled motorways, and "expressway" never really caught on.
@@GreatAussieDrives "expressway never really caught on." There is some like M3 Riverside Expressway, A9 Port River Expressway, M2 Northern and Southern Expressways, and so on.
@@AsphaltPlanet1 Yesterday when me and Amina head to London for my birthday, we use 401 from Scarborough and when we get home, we use the 407 because it's the Friday PM rush hour.
@Asphalt Planet I don’t think the 407 meets MTO’s criteria for a 110 speed limit. If I’m not mistaken, one of their criteria is that exits are placed more than 3km apart from each other. I have no clue why, but hopefully they’ll make an exception or update the rule. Even if the ETR section of the 407 doesn’t get a 110 limit, the 407E almost certainly meets requirements for a 110 speed limit, so maybe soon we’ll see it. The pilots have been very successful, so hopefully the pressure will be put on them to raise the limit on highways like the 407 and 416.
@@ThirdrowDriver We'll see. As you have said, the 110km/h speed limits are so far just a pilot project, so I would suspect that there aren't yet hard and fast rules as to where they would be implemented next. I know from speaking to people with the MTO that the pilot project is being well received, so I would anticipate that the 110 speed limits will be made permanent at their current locations. My guess is future 110km/h speed limits would be gradually phased in on different corridors.
