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Bike lanes on roads do not cause traffic congestion.
Intersections cause traffic congestion.
Simple example. Imagine a single lane road, going east to west, with everybody driving following the MTO's "2 second rule". About 1500 cars, maybe 1600 bikes can be travelling along per hour.
Now imagine another single lane road, same as the example above but going south to north.
Where they meet (called an intersection) neither road will be able to keep up with the flow. Flow will be halved (assuming 50/50 split) bringing the throughput to 750 cars per hour.
Removing bike lanes will not help congestion. Moving people to denser transport vehicles will.
If I (not a transport engineer in any way) can figure this out, then anyone can. The MTO engineers know this. Their documents that have been released show that this is the case.
I have no idea why our Ontario Government can't figure this out.
I have no idea why our Ontario Government can't listen to those they employ to figure this stuff out.
Can you please tell me what I'm missing?
Submitted November 19, 2024 6:50 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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