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This is promising news to combat the bicycle madness at Toronto city hall. Living in Etobicoke, the implementation of bike lanes on Bloor Street have created substantial traffic bottlenecks and subsequent delays in getting around. As i sit in traffic, where previous to the bike lanes, I never sat and waited before, I take note of the empty bikes lanes, where I rarely see a bicycle during commuting hours. I seldom do see bikes here but they are usually recreational in nature, not commuters, and do not need to be on a major arterial road.
The am saddened this legislation won’t repeal existing bike lanes. To leave it to the municipality to provide information or statistics on bike lane use is faulty. I worked for the city for over a decade and know how they work around these issues. If a staffer is sent to count bikes on any given day, you can rest assured the day time and place of such data collection will be leaked and hundreds of bikes will appear to be counted. Data collection must be done on a random basis with oversight directly from the province as well.
These bike lanes must be moved to a more appropriate location. They do not work.