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Hello,
Your decision to remove bike lanes from city streets will take Ontario backwards while other cities are moving forwards. Young professionals (especially health conscious ones like doctors and nurses) are choosing cities that are vibrant, walkable, and bikeable. No one chooses a place to live based on how fast traffic can move on city streets. Other more world class cities are laughing at you and ridiculing your choices.
Removing bike lanes and replacing them with car lanes will induce demand for driving and make commute times worse and worse.
In addition bike lanes keep cyclists alive. Removing them will mean the most vulnerable road users including children will die at higher rates on Ontario roads.
Your costly decision to do this will not get you elected. It is not supported by young professionals, by families with children, by commuters who understand how induced demand work, or by anyone who walks, wheels, or bikes in Ontario. This will cost you the next provincial election.
Sincerely,
An anonymous middle aged driver
Submitted October 22, 2024 8:18 PM
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Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
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