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Why exactly is the so-called party of fiscal responsibility so obsessed with wasting as much of the taxpayers' money as humanly possible on stupid, counter-productive nonsense?
The rest of your corruption is horrific enough but the removal of these bike lanes is just a vindictive waste of time and money. Premier Ford, you lost the election for Mayor of Toronto - get over it. Stop meddling in minutiae that you have no business interfering with.
Bike lanes are not the enemy of cars. Cyclists are not the enemy of cars. And while we're at it, pedestrians are not the enemy of cars, and buses are not the enemy of cars. None of these things are the reason Toronto is drowning in its own gridlock. There is, however, one clear enemy of every driver on the road. Say it with me:
CARS ARE THE ENEMY OF CARS.
Spending money to rip out a few bike lanes only means that cyclists will either a) have to drive to get where they're going, adding yet more traffic to these already clogged routes; b) ride their bikes in the same lane as the cars, slowing down traffic anyway; or c) die when the drivers they're sharing the lanes with run over them. That's to say nothing of the impact on traffic when you actually do the road work to remove these bike lanes.
The only way to fix gridlock - the ONLY way - is to encourage people to find alternatives to driving. Study after study after study after study confirms this. "Just one more lane will fix everything, trust me" is a MYTH. The fact that this government is willing to throw bad money after good to ultimately make the city's gridlock even worse means that you are dangerously incompetent individuals who have no business being anywhere near the levers of power, or to have any access to the tax money at your disposal.
Submitted October 23, 2024 10:59 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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