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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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106552

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The proposed legislation restricting municipalities to make decisions within their domain is regressive, political overreach and idealogically driven with no basis in fact. 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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106553

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I am deeply concerned about the proposed legislation from the Ontario government that would deny municipalities the ability to install new bike lanes on major streets without provincial approval. 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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106557

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Strong Towns Guelph

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The proposed bill put forward with the intention to remove protected bike lanes and prevent bike lanes from being implemented by local communities if they do not meet the requirements of the Provincial Ministry of Transportation is a huge step in the wrong direction. 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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106562

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This is an absolutely moronic idea. In fact, I believe that you should be moving in the completely opposite direction. The province should be requiring every new road construction to include bike lanes. 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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106567

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I am a frequent user of bike lanes. They allow me to navigate my neighborhood and the larger downtown core with ease of mind, knowing that I'm less likely to be run over by a vehicle. 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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106568

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Requiring bicyle lanes to be approved by the Ministry is overstepping from the Province. Bicycle lanes in a City is a municipal jurisdiction and not a provincial one. 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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106571

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Plan for the long term. Bike lanes encourage dramatically more efficient use of space, not to mention a healthier population. If you continue to cater to the problem, all we will get is more of the problem. Municipalities are doing the right thing. Don’t interfere with backwards ideas.

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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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106574

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Bike lanes save lives and make the city so lunch more enjoyable for everyone. I ride my bike to go anywhere in the city year round. Having the separated bike lanes with physical barriers makes everyone feel so much safer. The painted white lines are a great step but don’t make it safe. 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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106575

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I believe that in Toronto a full assessment should be made of the bike lane system on principal throughfares such as Yonge Street, Bloor/Danforth and University Avenue . Yonge Street from Bloor St to north of St Clair is a particularly egregious example . Read more

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106576

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This is the opposite of the solution required to provent congestion. Bikes reduce so much traffic by the volume that 1 person takes up on a bike versus in a car. 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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106577

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I live in Toronto, close to the bike lanes that have been built and that the Ontario government proposes to remove. They have made it safer for my children to ride to school and for me to ride to work. I am opposed to any proposal that would remove 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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106578

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This is a terrible, misconceived legislative proposal. It is bad for all road users, unsafe, and terrible for the environment. Ontario should be promoting much more rapid construction of bike lanes, rather than throwing red tape in their way or threatening to rip them up. Do not do this.

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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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106582

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I’ve ridden these city streets long before the first bike lanes were installed. The biggest change is every day I see people doing their shopping, taking their kids to school and back, older people, new Canadians etc etc riding alongside the Lycra clad peloton types. 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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106586

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This proposal is just completely nonsensical. Bike lanes have been proven to be a great way to improve congestion problems, to add income to businesses, to raise property values, to make our streets safer, and so much more. Read more

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