Gardiner Expressway East (ON), Toronto, Canada

[IrishLUIS]

2:38 Yellow One!! :D

[alau18]

this city is whacked.

where are all the people who come down the dvp everyday gonna go???

onto the streets???

sighhhhhhhhhhhhh

[101Restoration]

If you ever get a chance to travel further up the 400 North to Sudbury may I suggest filming a segment through Parry Sound. The blasted rock along the highway will remind you of I-15 through the Virgin River Gorge in AZ

[Abanamat85]

@101Restoration

Seems like you've been here before.

Let's go to a bar, we'll have a chat.

[101Restoration]

@Abanamat85 I lived in Toronto for 13 years and yes I did this strip that you see on my motorcycle. Awesome experience

[MiddletownDreamz]

Are they planning on demolishing the Gardner? BOOOOO! Who is the artist of the song and what is the title?

[JohnRhysMusician]

Get to my part of Canada; Alberta and Saskatchewan. Much better than Eastern Canada ;)

[FreewayBrent]

@JohnRhysMusician: Hopefully, one of these days. By the way, I should have taken down this video, as I uploaded the edited version, not too long ago. Looks much cleaner than this version. Thanks for watching!

[idonotwastenames]

i love this highway

[adrianroam95]

nothing compared to TXDoT freeways

[reevesc1986]

thanks for bringing us this.

[FreewayBrent]

@reevesc1986: This is on my list of videos to re-edit. Would you like for me to alert you, when the edited version is released in the next few weeks?

[snowstormcan]

As an interesting note, the western section of the Gardiner Expressway from the 427 to the Humber River, roughly 0:40 to 1:37 on your video, was actually part of the QEW until April 1, 1997.

[FreewayBrent]

@snowstormcan: Huh, I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for the info.

[infomercialtime]

i love this ride into the city! great place! i can't wait to visit again from pittsburgh when the pens play the leafs in march!

[vecdetozcomert]

it's a pleasure for me to see Toronto with this beatiful music...

[Windrays]

I miss this highway...

[Vearrow]

I hope Toronto thinks twice about tearing down the Gardiner. Some cities that have removed heavily traveled expressways had subsequent regrets about lowering vehicle capacity. They need to be prepared for the increased strain on existing surface streets and public transit systems. For what it's worth, it would be better to replace the Gardiner with a double-deck 10 lane toll road.

[CptSchmidt]

Great video. I can't believe I'm only seeing it now...

[harrybluballs]

I love Toronto and Kaskade

[FreewayBrent]

Me too, man!

[gurudata]

I hope you got a chance to take the other fork in the road and drive the stretch of Lakeshore Boulevard that the Gardiner Stub used to be over. Several of the old supports for the stub have been left in place as "urban artwork". It's really cool to see these big pillars next to the roadway, no longer supporting anything...

[cabasse]

its kinda sad how much toronto blows most its american counterparts away - it seems to compare favorably with chicago which has double the metro population...

then again, it is canada's biggest city; it should be impressive.

[cmdamarao]

@cabasse

The Census Metropolitan Area for Toronto (Which reluctantly includes Hamilton due to the urban connection, is just over six million as of September 2009, meaning that the GTA+Hamilton is actually closer to two thirds the size of Chicago at roughly nine million people, and the inner Golden Horseshoe which is comprised of almost all commuter towns and cities is almost eight million (although it also includes Kitchener-Waterloo, which don't have a large commuting tie to Toronto.)

[cynicalbluewhale]

@cmdamarao

The Golden Horseshoe is at 8,400,000 as of June 2010 according to the wikipedia, with Mississauga being it's fastest growing constituent. Mississauga is interesting in that the city is relatively debt free, and under 50% of the residents have English as a first language (Chinese being a big player in the city.)

[ervin2]

The Gardiner is in bad shape, but it's a great freeway. You won't find a better view of the city anywhere else.

[FreewayBrent]

I agree!

Oh, and the song is by Kaskade - "Sometimes" (Radio Edit). I list the song artist and title at the end of every video.

[prfsnlwannabe]

It's sad to hear the Gardiner Expwy. east of Don Valley Pkwy was demolished. I do have to wonder if the dept of transportation(or whatever gov't agency is in charge of expressways in the Toronto area) didn't do enough maintenance on the Gardiner over time, after finding an article on this expressway on another site. Maybe a Torontian(sp?) could shine some light on why that portion was demolished.

Loved seeing that orange convertible from 2:43 to 3:05, wish I knew what kind of car that was....

[mariusbleek]

looked like an old corvette 2 me

[gurudata]

The section east of the DVP was a stub that didn't actually lead to anywhere. It was *supposed* to lead to the Scarborough Expressway, but that project was cancelled in the anti-car mania that has gripped Toronto in the time since the Gardiner was built. Destroying the Gardiner stub was seen as being a commitment that there would never again be a push to build the Scarborough Expressway.

[cmdamarao]

@gurudata

I wouldn't mind a Scarborough Expressway, it would make my commute between campuses easier...

[cmdamarao]

@prfsnlwannabe

It was demolished because almost all of the traffic routes off onto the Don Valley Parkway, and anyone not wishing to take the DVP has a close parralel alternative to which it now links, there are also negotiations underway to sink portions of the Gardiner in an effort to widen it throughout the downtown area, it passes to near to some buildings to allow for surface or elevated widening.

[subtheo]

Excellent ! That has been part of my daily life for quite some time (I live in France now),

What is the title of the song by the way ? It really matches with the video.

[subtheo]

Oops, I guess I skipped the intro screen, everything is there. Sorry ;-)

[Freewayjim]

Yeah that song really does work well with the video.

[PanzerVIZeke]

Isn't replacing a freeway with a stupid surface blvd a down grade???

[glane30hotmail]

The current local gov't in Toronto is very anti-car. Not only are they demolishing portions of the Gardiner Expy, but they have realigned many surface routes by reducing car lanes and adding bike lanes that no one uses (which has made congestion worse!!). They've also imposed a $60 personal vehicle tax on residents with cars on top of the $75 provincial fee. Thank god David Miller has decided not to run for mayor again!!

[aswchris]

Stupid plan to tear down a flowing freeway and replace it with a 24/7 congested boulevard...

[eluko79]

Ive been waiting so long for someone out there to make a Toronto vid. Its way cooler than I thought it would be. Thanks for this. Awesome work here.

[FreewayBrent]

This is just the first of a good dozen videos that I'll have around the greater Toronto area...expect pretty much every 400-series freeway within the region to be uploaded in the coming months ahead. :-)

[Nexis4Jersey]

That is my Favorite Canadian Hwy ive ever been on, and ive been on alot of Canadian highways , i loved how it cut through the Harbor front Canadian , it reminded me of the FDR in Manhattan , and how it rides the East Side next to all the buildings.

[FreewayBrent]

Yeah, I drove it several times. I'm so glad I recorded it in HD, especially since it'll probably be torn down in the coming years. I'm all for it, as it'll be nice to have downtown Toronto reconnected with its waterfront, but man, the views from the elevated portion of the Gardiner are amazing!

[JcBrooks651]

2:01 ok now this really pisses me off the white van is tailgating the mini van in the SLOW lane than cuts you and the mini van off, WTF? the mini van is in the slow lane you wan't is he thinking?

anyways, 5*

[JcBrooks651]

Awesome video! people must of thought it was weird seeing a car with California plates all the way up in Toronto

[FreewayBrent]

Haha, I definitely got some stares and excited looks. Although I saw several other California plates while I was in town, as well as plates from all over the U.S. However, it's in Quebec where I seem to get the biggest surprised looks (and nope, I haven't seen any California plates here).

[Freewayjim]

I love how close the elevated highway was to the skyscrapers, that's a neat highway, 5*****.

[ScrewdUpClick2000]

Awesome vid brent , thanks for this one .. amazing toronto is . lots of building going on in this vid with the skyscrapers.. your best hd video to date