Gridlock in the Greater Toronto Area: Its geography and intensity during key periods

For most urban road users, images of gridlock elicit thoughts of freeway travel or downtown commuting, creating a powerful collective conversation about trading off urban opportunity for traffic strife. But while congestion plays a powerful role in shaping mental images of cities and better policymaking, new sources of traffic data are only beginning to be used by geographers and planners to explore how congestion influences the experiences and …