As a road user in Toronto (car owner who drives mostly on roads with bike lanes, cyclist and pedestrian at different times) I don’t think removing bike lanes will help move traffic faster and save time.
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The province of Ontario should not remove bike lanes in Toronto, as evidence from Bloor Street shows that bike lanes improve both safety and economic activity. Studies reveal that cyclists and pedestrians, who are the primary users of these lanes, tend to spend more over time than drivers.
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This Bill in an overreach by the provincial government. It undermines the city jurisdiction and is borderline undemocratic, given in the recent mayoral election candidates with a hostile stance against bike lanes lost miserably.
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Bike lanes should not be the jurisdiction of the province, cities and city planners know best where bike lanes should be placed if they should be placed at all. Bike lanes also allow bicycle traffic to flow without the need for slowdowns while driving to allow cyclists to ride on the road.
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This is really dumb, just look at what other places in the world do, like New York, and you'll find that the traffic was less worse when adding bicycle lanes. It will allow for more people to bike and less cars on the street, so it's only winning situation.
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This is so unnecessary. You’re creating MORE bureaucracy while makes roads more unsafe for Ontarians. Bike lanes protect cyclists and drivers alike. Also, how is it a good use of the city’s time to do a report on traffic for every street?
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Just because we thankfully didn't vote Ford for mayor in 2014 it's his spite against us we need to bare the rest of our lives. Why does every city have to have data to refute Ford? It is Ford that must find the data to refute the business maximizer that is bike lanes. He cannot.
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I have been biking in this city for 15 years and have been amazed at how the city’s infrastructure has grown in bike lanes as well as the number of people who use bikes for transportation. I have heated about dozens of deaths of bikers, and pass by 3 memorials on my daily route to work.
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Hi there I do not want my taxpayer dollars being spent on removing existing bike lanes that help to reduce traffic as it keeps cars off the road and helps keep cyclists like me safe.
This government is incredibly misguided in its priorities in everything, but very much so here. Private automobiles are incredibly harmful to both the environment and society at large, and all governments have a critical moral imperative to actively work to reduce the use of cars.
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Removing safe transportation options like bike lanes is terrible policy for a growing city like Toronto. If I don't have safe bike lanes, I am more likely to use my car, and increase congestion. The rate of population growth cannot support car centric infrastructure.
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I commute by car and really like bike lanes. I need to give bikes at least 1 m when I pass them (I try to give more if I can) and bike lanes make this much easier. Bikes are more visible, don't slow down traffic as much, and I can drive more confidently when there are bike lanes.
Let municipalities decide what is best at the local level. Cars cause traffic, there is no way around it. Giving more space to cars will create more traffic. We can’t afford to maintain car infrastructure. I don’t want to live in a car infested hellscape.
This bill goes completely against all principles related to alleviating traffic congestion and moving people to where they need to be. A majority of bike routes that the government is proposing to remove will just return to being parking, resulting in a negative net gain in road capacity.
Not only is the bike lane issue a gross overreach of provincial power, but the real issue is disgustingly absent from the brief notes, clearly in an attempt to hide it from those unwilling to read the full bill. This bill is attempting to undermine the power of the EEA. This is horrific, full stop.
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This is just absurd. Not only stopping the development of bike lanes continues to limit access to affordable ways of commuting, this will directly endanger any cyclists trying to share the road with cars.
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Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to express my support the removal of bike lanes from Yonge Street. I live off of Yonge street in mid-town Toronto and used to bike to work but no longer do so because I do not feel it is safe.
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This is really dumb, just…
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This is so unnecessary. You…
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Just because we thankfully…
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Hi there I do not want my…
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No I’m against this.
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This government is…
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Removing safe transportation…
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I commute by car and really…
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Let municipalities decide…
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I don’t bike, I do drive,…
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This bill goes completely…
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