{"id":1248,"date":"2006-10-15T19:45:31","date_gmt":"2006-10-15T23:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2006-10-15T19:45:31","modified_gmt":"2006-10-15T23:45:31","slug":"put-traffic-lights-at-highway-entrances-professor-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/15\/put-traffic-lights-at-highway-entrances-professor-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Put traffic lights at highway entrances, professor says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vvr.ctw.utwente.nl\/en\/research\/Introducing%20CTS\/Introducing%20CTS-4.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The National Post ran a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/nationalpost\/news\/toronto\/story.html?id=939f7eb4-7174-4f70-ab6b-19742e5394d0\">little article about highway congestion<\/a>. I&#8217;d be interested to hear readers&#8217; thoughts on this idea.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>GTA highways are maxed-out, but that does not mean commuters must accept traffic jams as a way of life. Professor Baher Abdulhai, director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.civil.engineering.utoronto.ca\/English\/ITS.html\">Intelligent Transportation Systems Centre<\/a> at the University of Toronto, believes ramp meters or traffic lights at highway entry points would help ease GTA congestion by 10% to 30%. &#8220;The myth is this is penalty. It&#8217;s actually helping because you choose either to wait [at the light] for three or four minutes and finish your trip in 20 minutes. Or, allow [all vehicles] in, it&#8217;s going to break down anyway. Drivers will wait five-10 minutes creeping, and then spend an hour on the freeway.&#8221; Further investment in technologies on GTA highways is also advantageous, he says, allowing for improved traffic management, traveller information and incident detection. 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