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This proposal is harmful to the environment, ineffectual at reducing traffic, and dangerous for cyclists. By taking away new bike lanes and limiting new ones being made, more people will be driving to work rather than choosing an environmentally friendly way of commuting like cycling. This is because it had been demonstrated time and time again that cycling on the shared road with cars causes cyclist injuries and deaths. Would-be cyclist commuters would not feel safe biking on streets such as Bloor along side cars. With people choosing cars instead of cycling, more cars are on the road, and more congestion happens.
Why would we want to encourage more cars spewing greenhouse gas emissions on the road at a time when climate change is ever present and escalating? Why are we valuing the speed of car travel over peoples lives? Also, why do cars need to travel at such speeds going through downtown in the city anyways? These areas are suppose to have slower traffic for safety reasons.
This proposal is routed in backwards and misguided thinking and needs to be stopped.
Submitted October 24, 2024 7:41 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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