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When was the last time a bicycle was the cause of a traffic jam?
Roads were not built exclusively for cars and trucks. All people of Ontario pay taxes for those roads, not just car drivers. I ride a bike and I drive a car.
Bike lanes save lives, they protect folks on bicycles from aggressive automobile drivers.
I believe what is needed is more enforcement of traffic laws, and a judicial system that can handle cases in a timely ,manor, not the removal and restriction of bike lanes in Toronto.
How about a bill called "catching up with the injustice of court backlogs in Ontario Act" instead?
Then if drivers of cars, trucks or bicycles were charged with a traffic violation they would actually have to go to court and face possible prosecution, instead of backlogged until the case is tossed due to delay.
The Ontario government should be focusing on issues for all of Ontario, not trying to run Toronto.
How must the towns and cities in the rest of Ontario feel about the provincial government spending limited resources of time staff and tax dollars on bike lanes in Toronto, when bigger issues like Dr.s and nurses and homelessness affect every area of Ontario?
Finally, unless there is also going to be changes to the traffic act, bicycles are vehicles too and must follow the rules of the road.
I was taught at the bicycle training I attended at the city of Toronto, in the absence of a bike lane, bicycles should "take their lane" to avoid being forced into the curb, or hit as a car or truck tries to navigate to pass in half a lane.
What speed do you think traffic will move when bikes "take their lane" in traffic because the bike lanes were removed ?
This proposed "act" is dangerous, and will result in death, injury, and slower traffic overall.
Get on with governing the province, leave the city's business alone.
Soumis le 3 novembre 2024 9:48 AM
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Projets de loi 212 – Loi de 2024 sur le désengorgement du réseau routier et le gain de temps - Cadre en matière de pistes cyclables nécessitant le retrait d’une voie de circulation.
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