Editing London, Ontario (section)

=== Road transportation ===
[[File:Highway 401 from Wellington Road in London, Looking West Towards Highway 402.jpg|thumb|[[Ontario Highway 401|Highway 401]] in London, looking towards [[Ontario Highway 402|Highway 402]] from [[Wellington Road (London, Ontario)|Wellington Road]]]]
London is at the junction of [[Ontario Highway 401|Highway 401]] that connects the city to Toronto and Windsor, and [[Ontario Highway 402|Highway 402]] to [[Sarnia]].<ref name="goodmove">{{cite web| url=http://goodmovelondon.com/gettingto/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503121435/http://goodmovelondon.com/gettingto/| archive-date=3 May 2008| title=Getting to London| year=2006| publisher=LEDC| access-date=27 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/news/regional/2000/2000-0001.shtml| title=Ontario government improving Highway 402 between London and Sarnia| year=2009| publisher=Government of Ontario| access-date=27 September 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630002953/http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/news/regional/2000/2000-0001.shtml| archive-date=30 June 2009}}</ref> Also, [[Ontario Highway 403|Highway 403]], which diverges from the 401 at nearby [[Woodstock, Ontario|Woodstock]], provides ready access to [[Brantford]], [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], and the [[Niagara Peninsula]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.thekingshighway.ca/Highway403.htm| title=The King's Highway 403| last=Bevers| first=Cameron| year=2002| access-date=27 September 2009| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306075339/http://www.thekingshighway.ca/Highway403.htm| archive-date=6 March 2010}}</ref> Many smaller two-lane [[highway]]s also pass through or near London, including [[King's Highways in Ontario|Kings Highway]]s [[Ontario Highway 2|2]], [[Ontario Highway 3|3]], [[Ontario Highway 4|4]], [[Ontario Highway 7|7]] and 22. Some of these are no longer highways, as provincial downloading in the 1980s and 1990s put responsibility for most provincial highways on municipal governments.<ref name=kingshwy>{{cite web| url=http://www.thekingshighway.ca/Highway24.htm| title=The King's Highway 24| last=Bevers| first=Cameron| year=2002| access-date=27 September 2009| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730074215/http://www.thekingshighway.ca/Highway24.htm| archive-date=30 July 2010}}</ref> Nevertheless, these roads continue to provide access from London to nearby communities and locations in much of [[Western Ontario]], including [[Goderich, Ontario|Goderich]], [[Port Stanley, Ontario|Port Stanley]] and [[Owen Sound]]. A 4.5&nbsp;km long section of Highbury Ave., connecting the east end of London to Highway 401, consists of an [[controlled-access highway]] with 100&nbsp;km/h speed limits.<ref>{{cite web | title = The King's Highway 126 | author = Cameron Bevers | url = http://www.thekingshighway.ca/Highway126.htm | access-date = 27 November 2010}}</ref>

[[File:Veterans Memorial Parkway, London, Ontario.jpg|thumb|Intersection along the [[Veterans Memorial Parkway]], an at-grade [[limited-access road|expressway]]]]
Wellington Road between Commissioners Road East and Southdale Road E is London's busiest section of roadway, with more than 46,000 vehicles using the span on an average day<ref name=volume>{{cite web| title=City of London Traffic Volume Data| author=City of London| date=2013| url=http://www.london.ca/residents/Roads-Transportation/traffic-management/Pages/Traffic-Volumes.aspx| access-date=26 October 2011| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217221612/http://www.london.ca/residents/Roads-Transportation/traffic-management/Pages/Traffic-Volumes.aspx| archive-date=17 December 2013}}</ref> London does not have any [[freeways]] passing directly through the city. City council rejected early plans for the construction of a freeway, and instead accepted the [[Veterans Memorial Parkway]] to serve the east end.<ref name="long-term">{{cite web|title=Long-Term Transportation Corridor Protection Study |publisher=City of London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130913040755/http://london.ca/d.aspx?s=%2FTransportation%2Fcorridorstudy.htm |archive-date=13 September 2013 |url=http://london.ca/d.aspx?s=/Transportation/corridorstudy.htm |access-date=17 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Some Londoners have expressed concern the absence of a local freeway may hinder London's economic and population growth, while others have voiced concern such a freeway would destroy environmentally sensitive areas and contribute to London's suburban sprawl.<ref name="master">{{cite web| url=http://www.london.ca/city-hall/master-plans-reports/master-plans/Documents/Transportation%20Master%20Plan.pdf| title=Transportation Master Plan| date=May 2013| publisher=City of London| pages=2–23| access-date=17 December 2013| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217221358/http://www.london.ca/city-hall/master-plans-reports/master-plans/Documents/Transportation%20Master%20Plan.pdf| archive-date=17 December 2013}}</ref> Road capacity improvements have been made to Veterans Memorial Parkway (formerly named Airport Road and [[Highway 100 (Ontario)|Highway 100]]) in the industrialized east end.<ref name=401images>{{cite web| archive-date=7 August 2007| title=King's Highway 401 – Images| last=Steeves| first=Scott| year=2004| url=http://www.onthighways.com/hwy_401_images/Hwy401_p4_images.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807234534/http://onthighways.com/hwy_401_images/Hwy401_p4_images.htm| access-date=28 September 2009}}</ref> However, the Parkway has received criticism for not being built as a proper highway; a study conducted in 2007 suggested upgrading it by replacing the intersections with interchanges.<ref name=veterans07>{{cite web| title=Veterans Memorial Parkway| year=2007| publisher=City of London| url=http://www.london.ca/residents/Environment/EAs/Documents/VMP-PicBoard2.pdf| access-date=17 December 2013| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224349/http://www.london.ca/residents/Environment/EAs/Documents/VMP-PicBoard2.pdf| archive-date=17 December 2013}}</ref>