It's nice to see some forward thinking and this is certainly a feature that is not used enough along the numerous highways and multi-lane streets throughout the GTA. Thanks to our obsession with the car, so much of the City and it's surrounding bedroom communities is rendered divided and unaccessible to the average pedestrian. Walled off highways. Intersections of six or eight lanes. Ramps on and off highways slicing through pedestrian sidewalks. Often, even though your destination may only be a very short distance away, as the crow flies, you may find yourself forced to walk a considerable distance out of your way or drive or use public transit. This is certainly one very constructive and relatively affordable way to ease some congestion, encourage people to use other more green ways of getting themselves around and would certainly go a very long way to making life a little easier and safer for those who chose to use their own two feet.
GO Transit will be moving forward to construct a pedestrian bridge from their Pickering Station over the 401 and into the downtown core. The notion of building a bridge here has been in the planning stage for several years now. It is a very beautiful design and should hopefully encourage more people to take the GO on their commutes and perhaps actually encourage more visitors and business into the local area. It will be enclosed and sheltered from the elements and fully accessible, thanks to elevator access. I think once it's completed I may journey out that way to have a first hand look. CBC has provided a great photo gallery on their local Metro Morning site which you can check out below:
http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning/2011/01/photogallery---pedestrian-overpass-in-pickering.html
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