Beyond the Toll: How 407 ETR Keeps the Toronto Region Moving, with Jose Espinosa

Most people know Highway 407 ETR as the road you pay to avoid traffic. But behind the toll is a much bigger story about how the Toronto region manages congestion, builds infrastructure and keeps people moving. In this episode, Giles Gherson sits down with Jose Espinosa, President and CEO of 407 ETR, to explore what it takes to operate a 108-kilometre highway through an Ontario winter, why pricing can help manage demand when road space is limited and what public-private partnerships can bring to major infrastructure. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience across Canada, Spain, Australia and the United States, Espinosa explains how choice lanes work, why maintaining infrastructure before it fails matters and how technology and data are changing the way highways operate.