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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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This is a terrible idea. It doesn't reflect the views or needs of Ontarians. It's yet another highly damaging policy from Ford that will be terrible for people, the environment, congestion, and the vibrancy of cities. It increases accessibility for many. Read more

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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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I do not understand why these proposals are being put forward when the scientific research regarding bike lanes suggests that they reduce congestion rather than increase it. Read more

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Bike lanes do not increase congestion, they provide a safe corridor for cyclists that takes them out of the path of drivers, while reducing the number of cars on our streets, the pollution in our air, and the burden on our overtaxed transit system. Read more

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This proposal is harmful to the environment, ineffectual at reducing traffic, and dangerous for cyclists. By taking away new bike lanes and limiting new ones being made, more people will be driving to work rather than choosing an environmentally friendly way of commuting like cycling. Read more

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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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This proposal is intended to reduce gridlock by making more lanes available to drivers. However, the available evidence tells us that increasing or decreasing the number of lanes on a road does not have any long-term impact on traffic. Read more

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Bike lanes are about saving lives and saving our planet by reducing car dependence. Municipalities should have full control over local road conditions as a policy tool to meet objectives around Vision Zero and climate change. Read more

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The existing Ontario government's, and Conservative Party's, core value claims to be the removal of red tape and small government. There is an entire Minister for this role. Yet, this Bill 212 propsal is going against that value completely. Read more

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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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It is astonishing that the Conservative Party believes they can pass a bill based on zero factual information. Both the premier and the minister of transport have made statements that are untrue, easily verified by numerous studies. Read more

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Removing bike lanes is not helping gridlock, and infact will put more people in danger. Cars are not in traffic, they are the traffic. All citizens deserve safe commuting options on our streets.

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This is one of the worst bills I've ever seen, and that's saying a lot from this corrupt government and their ever-growing list of failures. Removing the ease of bike lane construction and wanting to remove already placed bike lanes will do nothing good. Read more

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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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I think this is a terrible proposal that I do not support. Clearly this is a strategy to have authority to make sure municipalities do not expand their bicycle infrastructure. Read more

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Another wonderful ideal brought by the same Ferris wheel salesmen. Does the dougler not know that if they get rid of the lanes the bikes don't go away? What's going to happen? Instead of 1 "lost lane" you'll lose 2. Cyclists are entitled to the lane and they'll take it. Read more

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Is the entire purpose of this bill to allow the government and its private sector “partners” to sidestep the Environmental Assessment Act for the wasteful and unnecessary highway 413? We see you. Nice try though.

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