I am very disappointed this is even being considered. I think Doug Ford and his ministers should spend a week biking around Montreal or almost any European city to realize that allowing cities and municipalities to prioritize bikes in and to and from the downtown core does not cause extra traffic.
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Please get rid of the bike lanes in Etobicoke. They are not used by anyone, and they make traffic on Bloor Street much worse, especially when someone has to make a right turn.
I support you fully.
Any study on bike lanes around the world prove that they do not add to congestion.
At least don’t rip out existing bike lanes. Build new ones judiciously.
As a homeowner with both a car and a bike, I feel bike lanes are a vital piece of downtown infrastructure. They allow for active transit that is safe for users and prevent bikes from having to intermingle with faster-moving vehicle traffic.
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I am writing to voice my opposition to this bill. While I do not bike, the implementation of bike lanes has been shown to do very little in the way of increasing traffic in a significant manner and, at times, has even reduced it.
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This bill is a terrible idea along with being a terrible overreach of power. The Ford government continues to act against the interests of the public. This bill presents a variety of safety risks in addition to being thoroughly unsound when it comes to economic sense.
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There is absolutely no data to support this proposal - if anything, all the data points to more car lanes being a cause of induced demand and greater traffic congestion. We need more bike lane infrastructure and funding for public transit to address these issues.
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I am appalled by this poor decision to go after bike lanes which is backed by no evidence whatsoever. It has been proven and known for some time that the best way to relieve car congestion is to increase other options for transportation and make them more appealing (as shown in the link attached)
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I’m a young retiree so fortunately able to avoid rush hour most days. Getting around Toronto has become increasingly challenging and frustrating (construction, volume of cars) as has travelling our highways to get in and out of the city.
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There is no evidence that the removal of bike lanes would have preferable ecological impacts. Even with the required evidence I believe that these decisions should be left up to the lowest level of jurisdiction: the cities and towns.
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This bill is absolutely ridiculous.
As a person who commutes and works by both bike and car in Toronto, I can tell you which one has always been more efficient. The bike.
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This is the most ridiculous plan the Ford government has made…this week. We need to be moving forward with the rest of the world to reduce the reliance on cars. And taking out bike lanes will not reduce congestion as so many evidence based studies already show.
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I write to note that the "objectives" at the beginning of this proposal seem to have nothing to do with the proposal. Nobody is proposing putting bike lanes on highways!
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Bike lanes are not the problem. They make journeys by bike safer and encourage road users to cycle rather than drive, thus reducing the number of cars on the road. When I'm driving, I'm very happy to see cyclists in their own lane. It makes my drive easier and more relaxing.
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I live downtown, commute to work by car and cycle on the weekends. I support the bike lane infrastructure on university avenue. The Ontario government should stay in its own lane and leave city issues to the city. It would also be nice if the government would stop wasting taxpayers money.
I'm a regular user of biking infrastructure installed by the Region of Waterloo. The existence of dedicated bike lanes has enabled me to safely transition to biking as a regular form of commuting. This includes biking to work as well bringing my children to daycare by bike.
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Why is the province trying to micromanage bike lanes in major cities? Leave that to municipalities. Surely provincial government has more important things to focus on. Also, removing bike infrastructure is regressive, and demonstrates a poor grasp of reality. Do better!
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