This is an absolutely terrible proposal and backwards from the types of changes world-class cities (Paris, London, Montreal to name a few) are making and showing tremendous benefits from.
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The provincial government should stick to wasting our money on expanding beer sales, violating nurses' right to collective bargaining, and underfunding higher education. Leave decisions about city streets to cities and their residents.
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Let's be honest, the proposal to gatekeep municipalities from installing new bikelanes -- and particularly to remove bikelanes from Bloor W, Yonge, and University in Toronto -- isn't based on data or evidence. This is populist electioneering, pure and simple, and reeks of desperation.
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A waste of taxpayer money. I will only support the removal of Toronto’s bike lanes if Doug ford makes a public statement that this cost will be funded by all of ontarios tax payers.
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Very disappointed by this decision. We need to take cars off the road to decrease congestion and a great way to do that is bike lanes. Reverse this decision!
There is no evidence to support the removal of bike lanes in Toronto. In fact, the research shows that the bike lanes help reduce congestion. These bike lanes make the city safer for pedestrians, cyclists, and drives.
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This will increase car traffic and also make it unsafe for cyclists. How are cyclists meant to safely travel and reduce greenhouse emissions in the city?
The proposed legislation is regressive - the opposite direction that world class cities are moving toward, where bike lanes are growing exponentially. I live in North Toronto and am primarily a driver and transit rider, but fully support the existence and expansion of bike lanes on arterial roads.
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"We have to do everything we can to make sure there’s never a death in the city. One death is way too many when it comes to bicycle riders. We have to make sure that they’re safe."
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Owing to climate change and road safety, we need more bikes and bikes lanes to build a better city, suburb and world. As both a cyclist and motorist, bike lanes protect bikes from cars and vice versa.
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I strongly oppose removing existing bike lanes or preventing cities from choosing to install new bike lanes. Bike lanes are better for drivers, cyclists and local businesses. Many cyclists would drive without safe bike lanes, which would actually increase traffic and car congestion.
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Removing bike lanes is absurd, to put it simply. Worse, it is lying to people, telling them that it will improve traffic when all the evidence says the opposite.
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Before writing legislature to remove infrastructure that saves lives, the provincial government should speak to experts in city planning and focus on more than simply the number of cars moving on a road per hour. The evaluation of a bicycle lane MUST include the number of deaths reduced.
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I am so upset about the proposal to remove bike lanes. I cycle to work (at Dundas and University). Bay Street without divided lanes is an exercise in dodging in and out of bike lanes. I feel safe and secure on Bloor and University.
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Bike lanes are an integral way to get around downtown, and a city in general, while adding one more vehicle lane has been shown time and time again to lead to induced demand for that new road space, thereby nullifying the benefits of adding that lane in the first place.
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It should be up to municipalities to make these decisions based on data and their unique situations.
The provincial government should be focussing on issues that affect Ontario as a whole.
When the province interferes in municipal affairs it is disrespectful to municipal voters.
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I am a cyclist and I frequently commute or run errands by bicycle in downtown Toronto. I object to the province's interference in the affairs of Canada's largest city. Just because you - the provincial government - have the right to do something doesn't mean you should.
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