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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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By removing bike lanes, you are encouraging people who currently bike to drive, since it will no longer be safe to bike. This increases the amount of cars on the road, adding to congestion. Read more

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I live in a large city with bike lines and they are vital to every day life. Perhaps if cities had more transit options, or bike lanes, people would feel better using them. 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 is ridiculous. As someone who has lived in Toronto my entire life, the introduction of bike lanes has only made it easier and safer for me to get around my city. There is evidence that bike lanes reduce congestion. The solution to traffic is to make cities more bikeable, not less bikeable. Read more

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I just want you to know, this very silly proposal is not just embarrassing within Ontario - all the way from Alberta, it's making the Ontario government a nation-wide laughingstock.

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I own a car. I own a bike. Cars move the least amount of people for the most amount of space. Traffic can only be solved by giving people other options than to use cars. Study after study show this. Read more

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Saving who time? Not the hard working cycling commuters of Toronto who cannot afford a car and rely on the safety of bike lanes! Why spend money removing the safety of human beings?! On bike lanes that the city is already used to. Not to mention the benefit to businesses on said bike lines. Read more

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I think this bill is a huge step backwards. Bike lanes save lives and make getting around easier. The only way to improve traffic is better transit infrastructure. 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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As both the driver and a longtime cyclist that uses the roads for business on a daily basis, I’m not in favour of removing any bike lanes. I feel it’s important to have safe options for cyclists that include dedicated infrastructure for cycling for the use of pleasure and commuting. Read more

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Decisions about where bike lanes should go should be in the hands of the municipalities. It's definitely an overreach of power for the province to be stepping in to these types of decisions. I'm a car driver and a road cyclist so I feel I have a balanced perspective on this. Read more

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I rely on the bike lanes in the city along Bloor, Yonge and University critically. I do this to reduce environmental impact, to avoid contributing to Toronto’s increasingly unsustainable traffic congestion issues and for the enjoyment I get from riding my bike. Read more

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It's been proven time and time and time again. More lanes does not improve commutes or congestion. How about we focus on better, more efficient transit. Making it an actual viable option for travelling to and from places, not just for work. Read more

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This bill is a disaster. Preventing bike lane construction and removing current ones is such bad policy, I would laugh if it wasn’t going to get people killed. Toronto has a car problem. 70% of commuters get to work via car every single day and that statistic is abysmal. Read more

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The goal of this bill and the proposed solution contradict one another. Adding lanes to roads does not reduce gridlock and save time. All research on this topic proves that, due to induced demand, adding lanes increases gridlock rather than reduces it. Read more

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This bill is a total sham to avoid implementing real and sustainable solutions. Doug Ford’s government should invest in public transit, make it affordable so people would use it instead of getting in their cars but instead it chooses to inflame animosity towards the vulnerable road users. Read more

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