Comment
This bill is a signal of the provincial government trying to overstep regarding bike lane restrictions. This will create extra unnecessary work to get provincial approval from people who do not live in or use the infrastructure in the municipality where changes are planned.
Congestion is a real problem but the way to solve it is not by adding another lane of vehicles driven by one person, not mentioning induced demand. We need to get people out of vehicles and on to more environmentally friendly and space efficient means of transportation (public transit, cycling, walking). The proposed bill will just make this more challenging and make roads more dangerous for those who do cycle. There will be deaths as a result of bike lane removal, in addition to the massive waste of money for removal of existing lanes in Toronto.
In regards to the rest of the bill, the reduction in environmental protections to “speed up” highway construction is concerning.
Submitted November 20, 2024 2:07 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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