What Is Traffic Congestion In Canada

Owning any sort of transportation is a very essential in any town or city, and the Greater Toronto Area is no exception to it. Since Toronto is known for having amazing attractions, having a vehicle makes it easier for individuals to travel and visit all of them at once. In the last couple of years, the growth of Toronto’s population has increased extremely high. Therefore, the transportation system need to take an immediate action to accommodate this demand. Traffic congestion in the city of Toronto occurs mostly during the daytime, but in some rare cases occurs during night time. Traffic that occurs during the daytimes causes delay and frustration to many individuals that are in a hurry to get to their destination on time. Buses, cars, delivery
These causes related to traffic congestion are major problems for travelers and need an immediate solutions to be eliminated permanently.
Construction
Soon as construction seasons begin, Torontonians faces the most traffic issues which occurs in major intersections and highways resulting in a high rise in traffic congestion. Due to construction, the highways and roads are packed with not enough space for the cars to travel, this becomes an issue to cars that are trying to pass through tight spacing and having to constantly stop and go. Also, when the highways and roads are packed with a lot of vehicles, cars would compete for a spot in a small one to two lane road, causing a longer commute time for the public to get to their destination. Not enough space for cars results to a slow movement of vehicles on the road. A fellow Torontonian car owner, who commutes to work every day has stated “It is hard for me to share the road with other vehicles as
As the population increases yearly, it also shows an increase of many different vehicles being in use, this being another major reasons behind traffic congestion. Over populated roads and highways during morning rush hour, causes many delays for people trying to get to work, meeting, school and etc. A Torontonian spends a minimum of four to five hours of their time weekly stuck in traffic, due to slow movement of vehicles, 62% of the time individuals are late to work (Sewell, 2009). During, the winter seasons the numbers of hours would double, since the public would have to drive slowly due to slippery grounds. In order for the commuters to get to their destination on time they have to add an extra hour to their usual traveling time, in order to avoid any delays. As vehicles continue to make immediate stops during rush hour without being cautious of other vehicles it results to major collisions throughout the Greater Toronto Area. In total, 40% of the collisions that occurred in Greater Toronto Area in 2015, was due to over populated traffic and not being able to come to full complete immediate stop on time (Phillip, 2015). If a collision does occurs the road must be closed, causing there to be one less lane for the cars to travel on. After a major collision occur, the emergency crew are expected to be