The creep and crawl of the highway 417-174 split
A Podcast from Ken Gray’s Inner City website:
Ken Gray talks with Rob Orchin, a traffic planner at the City of Ottawa, about ways to improve the infamous Split where just less than 60,000 cars a day try to cram their way through the interchange. Orchin talks about the best times to avoid rush-hour traffic at the Split and how other commuter routes downtown don’t work better than Ottawa’s busiest traffic location.
In this Podcast, Rob suggests an alternative to snaking through an interchange where two freeways join into one: the bus
Click here to listen to the discussion.
A follow up article in the Citizen is available here:
Apr. 3, Ottawa Citizen: Tinkering with the Split