Bike lanes reduce gridlock and congestion. Please build separated bike lanes and remove car lanes to do so for the safety and security of the vast amount of people in Ontario who are not in a car at any given moment.
This short-sighted proposed legislation undermines good transportation planning, and I am deeply concerned it would make it more difficult to build bike infrastructure that can reduce the number of deaths and catastrophic injuries on our roads. I am a senior and I love cycling everywhere I can.
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We need safe bike lanes along any busy street. I suggest that you consult with Denmark and Netherlands on how the they addressed this problem to keep cars moving.
Ed Ellis, cyclist, Ottaws
I strongly oppose this change to prioritize car traffic over bike lanes for a number of reasons:
1. Studies have shown repeatedly that adding lanes to reduce girdlock only creates short-term improvements before it returns worse than before
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Unfortunately, Mr. Ford's pledge to remove bike lanes in Toronto is a cynical, populist ploy to his motorist suburban base. None of this pledge is grounded in actual evidence based study.
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The proposed legislation requiring municipalities to obtain provincial approval to implement new bike lanes that would remove existing car lanes is based on flawed assumptions about how to address traffic congestion.
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This is unsafe, unwise, and an expensive waste of time. Just save the trouble and money and don't do it. Cyclists are going to die, just so Doug Ford can make a point. What's the point? He doesn't know but he wants to make it.
Hello! I am an Ontario resident residing in Toronto (York).
I wish to comment on the proposed Bill 212, the “Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act", and voice my oppoisition to it.
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I’m appalled that in this time of climate crisis our government is seeking to make it more difficult to implement infrastructure that would encourage alternative modes of transportation. This law would add friction, instead of reducing it, for people to choose alternatives to driving cars.
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Bike lanes provide a critical transportation option that is low cost and without climate impact. Bike lanes are essential to our transportation framework and should be prioritized over additional vehicle lanes
The stated aim of this bill is to reduce congestion. If this bill were made in good faith, it would recognise that cycling infrastructure is one of the principle ways to reduce congestion. Bike lanes encourage bike usage and create safe conditions for cycling.
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This bill not only serves to worsen the trust Ontarians have in our provincial government, but also goes contrary to the sustainable growth goals of the City of Toronto. This bill represents government waste to Ontarians by supposedly 'ripping up' bike lanes in the name of progress.
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The province needs to do more to combat climate change. The unusually mild winter and extreme rainfall/floods this year are just a taste of changing weather patterns. Increasing vehicular traffic instead of rapid mass transit and emission-free modes like biking will simply accelerate these changes.
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Car manufacturers would have pitched the notion that bike lanes contribute to traffic in the 1950s. The reality? Major metropolitan centres around the world are pivoting to adding bike lanes to roadways and converting roads to pedestrian-only (e.g. Madrid, Paris, Milan, etc.). Why?
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The proposed direct oversight by the province, of Ontario of municipalities that choose to install bike lanes, is unnecessary and inappropriate.
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This city is already overly car reliant (which is a problem) and the solution is not promoting more car reliance. By prioritizing cars in infrastructure, people who do not wish to or are not able to use a car for any reason are alienated and the city becomes more hostile to them.
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This legislation is better termed the "RED TAPE ON BIKE LANES" legislation. This will slow down and reduce bike lanes, resulting in bikes once again impeding the flow of traffic by having to incorporate into the motor vehicle traffic. It will also reduce safety of cyclists and motorists.
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