As a citizen of downtown Toronto with both a car and a bike, I’m concerned this bill will do the opposite of what it’s titled. When only travelling downtown, I usually bike because it saves time and prevents me from putting another car on the road contributing to gridlock.
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My family and I use the Bloor and University bike lanes to commute from West Toronto to our jobs downtown every weekday. These bike lanes keep us safe. We own 2 cars and choose to bike instead because it is better for the planet and better for congestion. Save our bike lanes, please.
This is atrocious policymaking. At MINIMUM, leave the lanes that have been built, and even that would be a regressive policy. For goodness' sake, look at what pretty much *every* city government around the world is doing.
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Bike lanes make it safer to use alternative modes of transit. Removing existing bike lanes is truly an insult to residents of the city who chose to remove themselves from traffic, and an overreach of power from the Ford government.
I completely disagree with this proposal. We should not be spending money ripping out bike lanes. Leave them be. We need all manners of transit, including bikes.
As a resident of the City of Toronto, I am opposed to this proposed legislation. Specifically, I oppose:
- The proposal to remove the bike lanes on Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue
- The proposal to only allow bike lanes if traffic lanes are not removed
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This is an egregious overstep of provincial authority and a shameful display of political thuggery. Wasting my provincial income tax to rip up what my municipal property taxes paid for.
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It's clear from the proposed amendment to the bike lane policy on Oct 31st that Doug Ford's government does not care about fact based discussion or the democratic process.
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I am a Civil Engineer who trained in transportation engineering who rides a bike across the city to work everyday. This proposal is shear stupidity for a number of reasons, the least of which is that it is completely devoid of any facts, logic, common sense, or engineering principles.
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For several reasons, I am absolutely NOT in favour of your plan to restrict bike lanes. I will voice some of the concerns that the other commenters probably don't mention as much.
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I live in the High Park area of Toronto in a family of 6 (2 adults, 4 children). Getting around and being able to get our kids to their activities has been severely compromised by the bike lanes on Bloor.
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I am strongly against this measure. Bike lanes along Bloor provide safety to thousands of people daily. My family depends on these lanes, my children use them to safely get to school. Without them, we would be spending more time driving along Bloor.
My son and his partner, both Toronto university students, use bicycles and public transit to navigate the city they love. Knowing they can utilize separated bike lanes that keep them safe from car and truck traffic relieves me from worrying they will be injured or killed in a crash.
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Cars cause traffic, not bike lanes. We need more people out of cars and in bikes. We should be supporting biking and improving public transit , instead of trying to get more cars on the road.
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The proposed legislation to remove Toronto bike lanes is an undemocratic insult to the residents of Toronto.
The Ford government has provided no data that proves it will improve traffic times, nor evidence of popular support for this initiative.
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There is no value to ripping out existing infrastructure in good condition and subjecting residents, businesses and visitors to even more congestion by adding to the myriad construction projects around the city of Toronto.
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