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The Ontario government's proposal has two flaws. First, it goes against Doug Ford's claim to be eliminating red tape. It's absolutely hypocritical for Ford to put up layers of red tapes for innocuous bike lanes while eliminating environmental studies for projects like the Ontario Line and Ontario Place.
Second, the need to prove no increased car travel time is flawed. More cars are on the roads, so car travel time keeps on increasing unless alternative forms of transportation (bike lanes, subways/LRTs) are introduced. And there is countless data that shows that increasing car lanes only puts more cars on the roads AND increasing bike lanes puts more bike traffic on the road.
This law is the most ridiculous, backwards micromanagement a 21st century government can introduce, and the cherry on top of this insanity is that the Minister of Transportation's from a suburb where the car rules and there isn't the need to put more bikes on the road as there is in Toronto, Hamilton and Ottawa.
Submitted October 24, 2024 8:06 AM
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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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