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Originally Posted by 333609543
Highway 401 is the busiest in North America, and likely the entire Western Hemisphere, I doubt it's the busiest in the world however.
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The most interesting part for me is that the immediate reaction of 3 (and counting) SSP members has been doubt. Is it really that surprising that it would be in southern Ontario?
It's the largest of 3 east-west highways in the GTA, in one of the most car intensive/auto centric regions on earth, and acts as the main artery funneling goods back and forth between central Canada and the US midwest ($160 billion between Detroit and Windsor in 2014). Big Asian and European metros have far lower car ownership and much higher rail share numbers. I'd be more surprised if the busiest wasn't the 401.
On the SSC world highway threads there's agreement that the 401 is the busiest. I suspect that of all people, highway geeks would know. If you have data contradicting this I'm sure they'd like to know.... as would I. As of yet, no one has posted data refuting it.