Making room for more cars will simply add more cars to each road. The only way to reduce gridlock is to reduce the number of cars by making alternatives (like biking!!!!) more appealing. This is backed up by research. Do your homework instead of pandering.
We need fewer cars and more active transportation, not this pandering to commuters. Far too many single occupant cars are the real issue. More and safer bike lanes along with wider sidewalks make things safe for humans. Why do cars get all the room?
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I believe this should be left to local government to determine road configuration.
I also believe the government should update how it talks about bike lanes to include scooters.
All references should be changed from bike lanes. To bike and escooter lanes…
If the province is truly serious about reducing gridlock, it needs massive investment into proper public transit, especially regional and inter- city transit services. Reducing bike lanes or increasing lanes are extreme short term fixes, and amount to nothing in the long-term.
1) in recognition of the impact of car exhaust to climate change, the province needs to focus efforts on other forms of transportation than the single passenger vehicle. This includes a more robust public transit system and promoting active transportation.
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This is an embarrassing piece of legislation - as a lifelong Canadian, I am ashamed of what our governing body thinks is appropriate. With the state of the world as it is, it is more important than ever to invest in green transportation and safety.
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This legislation will be horrendous for the province. The government should stay out of how cities want to lay out their streets. What ever happened to small government?
People who use active transportation are reducing the number of vehicles on the road, reducing climate change, and improving their own health. Every bicycle on the road is better for those who drive vehicles and are unable or willing to bike. More cyclists reduces traffic congestion.
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This bill has it all wrong - bike lanes are effective tools for reducing traffic, and limiting their availability to municipalities as a planning tool is backwards thinking, not to mention the provincial overreach into what is under municipal planning jurisdiction.
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This legislation is misguided. Cyclists deserve the same infrastructure as drivers.
Removing bike lanes won’t reduce traffic’s congestion (see “induced traffic demand”) but it will make cycling less convenient and less safe.
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This proposal, if made law, will lead to dead Ontarians.
Cyclists will get hit, they will die, and there will be headlines. I'd the proposal becomes law, those that brought it forward and voted for it will be viewed as responsible for the deaths that result.
Bike lanes do not cause gridlock. More cars cause gridlock. Removing bike lanes will only increase the number of people driving which will increase the number of cars on the road which will increase congestion. Induced demand is well known at this point.
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Bike lanes and multi use pathways are an integral part of safe transportation in cities and town, and even in rural settings. Bike lanes are mobility lanes, they enable kids and parents to ride to school, and adults to get to work and run errands more safely.
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I believe this act is an atrocious plan that goes contrary to all traffic and urban planning data and good practices. This will negatively affect the environment, make traffic worse, and incur even larger liabilities on municipalities who have to support more wasteful auto infrastructure.
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After decades of work and thousands of hours of advocacy tiny morsels of cycling infrastructure have started to appear in Ontario’s cities. Almost universally local business interests and drivers object only to eventually be defeated by the cold hard facts.
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Please stop this legislation. This is a completely backwards, confounding and environmentally damaging proposal. Blocking new bike lanes and threatening to remove existing bike lanes does nothing to address congestion where we see it most.
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Disappointing that we are moving backwards in this province. We need funding for municipalities to better their transit and have MORE bike lanes so we can get places quicker and safer not less.
The more we can do to get cars OFF the road the better all of our lives will be.
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The biggest obstacle to everyone I talk to about why they don't bike is because they don't feel safe. A single driver feels they have more right to the space than a single cyclist even though it's the same number of people.
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This legislation will do the exact opposite of its intent. By removing the ability to add bike lanes, you're ensuring that people drive, which only creates traffic.
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