The Linc regularly moves at 20km over the speed limit and getting on the 403 is pretty ugly. So yea, 0 desire to fight with that first thing in the morning or after a long day of work. Forcing more people that way isn't going to help the issues there. Experience, comfort, whatever aside...I've yet to read anything that says I should travel away from the brow, up to the linc, to take the highway, to get down to Aberdeen and dundurn. Not to mention exiting at Main at dundurn is absolute hell...

Of course everyone has a right to feeling safe. but I don't feel safe on the linc or highway during rush hour and definitely don't feel safe at main and dundurn or king and dundurn during peak traffic. Aberdeen hardly seems unsafe for pedestrians in comparison. There are traffic lights, crossing guards, and sidewalks, and the intersections aren't near as busy as some very close by. If traffic scares someone that much, they maybe should try to not move to a house on a 4-lane street that connects to a highway on-ramp? When did walking on the sidewalk next to where cars drive or crossing at a controlled intersection become so terrifyingly dangerous?

Protected bike lanes and places like Locke and king William designed to encourage that sort of traffic are great. No right turns on red and reduced limits, sure...but we can't bubble wrap the entire city or force an entire city of traffic out to highways because people moving in don't like it.

Not saying I have a solution or that people shouldn't feel safe or that drivers are more important (or that there aren't a-hoke drivers ruining all the things for everyone) or anything...But focusing on Aberdeen just seems odd compared to the other problem intersections close by. The area around main/king/dundurn isn't far and seems infinitely worse, and also has residential property surrounding it and a lot more pedestrian traffic.