The current administration is trying to solve gridlock by adding more lanes and more highways, while at the same time, with this bike lane ban, restricting the actual solution.
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I fail to see how no supporting bike lines in Toronto helps the city thrive and grow. Such an absence of support only supports one specific group of "movers", and a significant portion of them aren't even locals.
We need MORE bike lanes, not fewer! Look at the research. Removing bike lanes is very shortsighted. Very characteristic of this government but very frustrating.
We need MORE autonomy for municipalities to make decisions on things directly affecting their residents not less.
This is not a good proposal. It is not the provincial government's role to worry about removing bike lane, this is a municipal decision. Additionally, bike lanes have been a huge success to get more people to bike, reducing traffic congestion, and increasing exercise for many people.
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As a resident in a city that has repurposed many vehicle lanes for bike lanes, I strongly oppose this bill. This is not the province's responsibility and unless the province's intends to take over all aspects of city planning, this will not result in cities that better satisfy all resident needs.
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This policy is disingenuous, regressive, and not grounded in evidence. It is extremely well established that investing solely in auto infrastructure induces more demand on roads and does nothing to alleviate congestion.
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Bike lanes should be handled by the municipality. We need to be moving towards more sustainable modes of transportation. Bike lanes are important to cities and businesses. It is a ridiculous idea to remove them. Bikes will still be on the road, and bike lanes allow them to navigate traffic safely.
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I drive my car at least ten times for every trip I take on my bike. I live along Bloor West and drive within Toronto to run errands and visit my parents across town in the Beaches. I drive routinely out of the city to my office in Mississauga.
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I do not agree with this bill. Bike lanes are a thing we should be supporting, not making harder to implement. Reducing traffic is not a matter of adding more lanes to a road, but rather adding better alternatives to driving.
Unbelievable, do you really think removing bike lanes is going to resolve grid lock traffic for cars? Cars are the reason for the traffic to begin with, way to line the pockets or the auto industry while working people take longer to commute to their jobs.
This is the most ridiculous bill. The last thing Ontario needs is for there to be more administration to deliver essential infrastructure upgrades. Further, the removal of the ability for municipalities to decide how to best serve their own communities is anti-democratic at best.
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This is an absolutely horrifying proposal - not only has it been proven that more cyclists on the road alleviates gridlock more effectively than adding by car space, this is an affront to the autonomy of municipalities.
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As a long term Toronto resident, bike lanes are essential to safe travel around the city. I request a full removal of Part XII. As a driver in the city, I find the impediment/closure of traffic lanes due to construction by private condo developers to be a much bigger problem for traffic flow.
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I oppose schedule 4 on the basis that these highways fall within municipal responsibility for construction and maintenance. Requiring municipalities to have street changes approved by the municipality is an increase in red tape that goes against the provinces agenda.
I oppose this proposal, because the proposed policy is not evidence-based. Bike lanes do more than keep riders safe- they encourage more people to ride bikes, which reduces traffic. Every cyclist on the road means one less car in front of me on the road causing traffic.
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Bike lanes help keep our children safe when riding. The bike lanes on busy streets are needed as those streets are used by our children for commuting. Redirecting bike lanes through convoluted neighborhood diversions is not the solution. Before bike lanes we still rode on Bloor, unsafely.
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Please please please do not go through with this act. It is so unnecessary for the province to be controlling municipalities and will add another layer of bureacracy when adding bike lanes. The process will become much slower amd harder and that is NOT what Ontarians need.
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