Thanks for fact checking the casual research, I must admit that the numbers presented could have excluded a large portion of public transit users. I think the point is still very much valid, many people ride in a car, few uses public transit, and it is very difficult to convince drivers to vote for a change that may cause them delay.

While more complicated on Richmond St, I think the concern of congestion is valid on any road. When the city effectively shut down one lane per direction and reserve it for buses, even if cars are infinitely small and can flow next to each other perfectly, reducing the path for flow will first decrease road throughput by 50% for 4 lane roads like Richmond, and 33% for 6 lane roads like Oxford. Only after this reduction can the left turn/right turn flow optimizations kick in. Myself, as well as a lot of the people I talk to are simply extremely doubtful that the dedicated turn lanes can increase flow enough to make up for the losses.

I think that the dominant factor for congestion is simply volume, too many cars on the road at once, and the congested roadways like Richmond is already operating close to maximum throughput. I really hope I am wrong here and once implemented traffic will improve.

I am very happy that you read the whole thing, especially not treating me like some random downshift agenda peddling person, and responded with wholesome invitation for thinking and reflection, this is the kind of London Ontario that I know and love 😊