Canada's traffic is brutal. Can it be fixed?
As you're probably well aware, traffic in cities across Canada is mind-numbingly bad. The geolocation firm TomTom recently ranked Toronto as having the worst traffic in North America with Vancouver, Winnipeg and Montreal also in the top ten.
And as the debates about how to fix it rage on, it's only seeming to get worse.
That issue is being brought into sharp relief in Ontario right now, where a new bill would force municipalities across the province to get permission before installing any new bike lanes.
So here's a conversation with Jennifer Keesmaat. She's the former chief planner of Toronto and one of Canada's most renowned voices on urban issues.
We're going to talk about the solutions to traffic that don't work and the ones that do.
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