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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 legislation will not benefit Ontarians. The province will spend our hard earned money to undo infrastructure improvements. After these expenditures, traffic will not improve, as the root cause of traffic is vehicles and not bicycles. Read more

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"Establishing a framework" - adding additional red tape that prevents cities from making effective choices on climate goals, congestion management, and managing their own streets - is wasteful, inefficient, and will be ineffective. Read more

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106457

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Bike lanes are essential to the student community as it provides a safe method of transport. Lack of bike lanes don’t deter individual from using bikes, rather they would bike alongside cars and regular traffic, likely inducing a higher instance of accidents.

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From what we've seen in other cities and research, dedicated bike lanes aren’t just about helping cyclists—they actually help ease traffic for everyone. Separating bikes from cars keeps things safer and reduces congestion, as cyclists have their own lanes instead of mixing with cars in traffic. 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 bill introduces new red tape, something the elected government campaigned to remove and even created an entire ministry to remove. Furthermore, this bill fails to take an evidence-based approach to reducing gridlock and as such the red tape is meaningless. 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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106463

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Exempting ANY project from environmental review and regulation puts our future at risk. This is extremely short-sighted and the social and environmental impacts of developments like highways needs to be considered for the long term. Read more

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106466

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The provincial government doesn't understand its cities like the municipal governments do, nor does it understand the wants and needs of its constiuents. This is something that municipal governments are entirely capable of doing on their own, and the province does not need to intervene. 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 objectively a terrible proposal for all Ontarians. In cities, bikes are a fast, convenient, and cheap way to get around. And in places like Toronto, they are often faster than any other means of transport. Read more

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This change is an example of provincial government overreach and drifting away from genuine conservative principles, as it attempts to restrict choices and concentrate power in higher levels of government than is needed.

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The Ontario Governments proposal to alleviate gridlock in Ontario towns and cities by controlling not just when and where a bicycle lane is built on municipal roads, but that existing, successful bicycle lane infrastructure be removed is flawed, regressive, dangerous and stupid. Read more

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106473

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I bike regularly to work, and to access services and goods. It is my main form of transportation, year round. I live in Waterloo Region. I can bike everywhere that I need to because the Cities and the Region have made great improvements to making biking safer. Read more

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Bikes lanes save lives. They also allow those who cannot afford a car to travel safely and freely. There are greater causes of congestion such a road work, delivery vehicles and distracted driving. These need to be tackled. Read more

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Terrible idea. There is loads of evidence that adding bike lanes does not slow traffic. It provides safe alternative modes of transport, particularly in a large city. If you want to reduce traffic, we need to reduce the number of cars on the road not increase the number. Read more

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I'm a lifelong Torontonian who has lived in various parts of the city. I commute almost every day using practically every mode of transportation: walking, biking, driving, and taking the TTC. For several years I would commute by bicycle to school, work, and social functions. Read more

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I absolutely oppose this bill in its entirety. Passing a major law in order to circumvent the EA rules you don't like (and will likely fail) to build a highway that you have proven yourself to be ineffective in any traffic metric is a full stop. Read more

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The attack against cyclists and bike lanes is unwarranted and unintelligent. Cycling doesn't affect vehicular traffic and actually eases traffic with cyclists that take up much less space and cause much less air pollution. Study after study proves it. Read more

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