1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgClark Williams-Derryhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/clark-williams-derry/Dude, Where Are My Cars: Port Mann Bridge - Sightline Instituterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="o3Cs8CGYA3"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2012/10/09/dude-where-are-my-cars-port-mann-bridge/">Dude, Where Are My Cars: Port Mann Bridge</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2012/10/09/dude-where-are-my-cars-port-mann-bridge/embed/#?secret=o3Cs8CGYA3" width="600" height="338" title="“Dude, Where Are My Cars: Port Mann Bridge” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="o3Cs8CGYA3" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Port-Mann.png586370Unsurprisingly to regular readers of this blog, traffic on the Port Mann Bridge in Surrey, BC peaked in 2005, and then fell modestly but steadily through 2010... That said, there's no telling what this means for the future. A new, 10-lane Port Mann Bridge---certified by the Guiness Book as the widest bridge in the world---is nearing completion, and three lanes of the bridge have already been opened to traffic. A wider Port Mann crossing will likely be less congested than the current bridge, at least at first; and history has shown that free-flowing urban highways tend to attract new drivers.