For those experienced with the 401/427/Gardiner rush hour, let me know if this is possible: <BR><BR>I will be leaving London at about 4:00 p.m. during a weekday. I need to get to a game at the ACC by 7:15, and if time permits, check in at the Radisson Plaza on Queen's Quay before walking over to the ACC. Am I cutting it too close? I appreciate any responses.

Sounds too tight (and I'm assuming you're not traveling in the winter which renders all estimates moot).<BR><BR>You could get tied up around the airport (401/427) and again on the Gardiner, with traffic for the game. Also, while it's close, it's still a 10 minute walk from Radisson Plaza. I live west of downtown and have found that increasingly traffic is incredibly unpredictable - the drive that took me 15 minutes yesterday is 45 minutes today, with no obvious differences.<BR><BR>Hope that helps.

Thanks Elizabeth, actually I'm going next week. So I guess I would have to set out much earlier. I have much more experience with the area north of the 401 and seldom venture downtown. Am I right to assume that the 401/427/Queenway/Gardiner is my only feasible option for this trip? How about 403/Queensway/Gardiner; would that be any better with traffic flow?

Hi Paul, Do you mean the Queen Elizabeth Way when you say Queensway? I think so. Anyway, I would say taking the 401, 403, QEW and Gardiner would be better than going straight along the 401 to 427. You would avoid all the traffic south of th Airport. <BR>You'll be all right til you get to Oakville on the QEW and it could bog down there. I think you should allow yourself more time. I have left Burlington to go to ACC and given myself 90 minutes and just made it, by the time I park etc. So you could do it in 3 hours, but it wouldn't be allowing any extra time. Allowing 4 hours should give you time to spare.<BR>I drive from London frequently and always use 401 403 QEW route.<BR>Good luck<BR>

Just to be specific: that's 401 east to 403 west (which you pick up before the Toronto airport- not the one that you take to go to Brantford/Hamilton after Woodstock); to the QEW eastbound which, near downtown, becomes the Gardiner Expressway. Stay tuned to 640 am radio because they have the traffic reports constantly and it has saved me a lot of grief by knowing what detour or lane to take.

Bonnie, if I am going East on 401 to Toronto why do I go West on 403??? It does not make sense to go East then West to go east again?? Or, does it?

Geez, thanks Bonnie - that was close. I was all prepared to take the 403 at Woodstock, which seemed odd at first, but I trust those who fight the hordes every morning/afternoon. I forgot about the 403 exit as I get into Toronto. am590/640/1010 are preset on the radio. Thanks again.

What on earth is Bonnie taking about. What she is saying does not make sense. <BR>I certainly DO mean to take the 403 at Woodstock and follow it all the way to the QEW at Burlington...then continue downtown on the QEW and Gardiner. It IS quicker.<BR>Also the radio station you want is 680 AM. It's THE station to listen to for traffic.<BR>Good luck.