Dear Mr. Ford,
As a Toronto resident, home owner, and a driver in this city for the past 12 years, I hope you find my comment a decent representation of the opinion regarding this bill.
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I currently bike to get to my office in downtown Toronto. The bike lanes that have been installed have made this possible and safe for me. I’d these lanes are removed, or made more inconvenient by moved into convoluted back roads, I will have to switch back to using my car.
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“You’re nervous when there’s no bike lanes. At least I was. 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.” - Doug Ford (2017)
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A CBC article from Jan 2024 said: "The TTC's Dufferin bus route received a mock gold award Wednesday for being Toronto's slowest bus route, with a peak travel time of 10.6 km/h.
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They should have called this the "Let's kill cyclists and ecosystems" bill. This is a shameful attempt to skirt EIAs and literally bulldoze Dougie's intentions into reality.
Do not remove the bike lines - I was a driver in Toronto & regionally from 1999-2024 and a life long cyclist before that up to when I had my 2nd child in 1999, when I got my driver's license and started driving.
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The traffic I see on Danforth is definitely from construction not bike lanes. Broadview/Danforth construction (which is now thankfully done), Pape Ontario line construction is a mess, Bloor/Sherborne area road construction, the list goes on.
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This seems like government overreach into something that should be a municipal issue and will only create more red tape when less is needed. Sounds like a waste of money our healthcare and education systems badly need.
This is bad policy and a waste of tax payer resources.
Determining bike lanes should be completely in the hands of municipalities. Removing bike lanes won’t make people bike less.
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Please keep the bike lanes in; they are so important to the city, and they are fundamental to my willingness to bike (rather than drive or take public transit). I would deeply appreciate these bike lanes being maintained.
I live on one of the affected streets mentioned in this legislation, and am strongly opposed to it. Every single talking point in support of removal of bike lanes is factually false- they ease traffic, they encourage local business, and most importantly they save lives.
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Decisions regarding bike lanes within city limits should be made by municipal officials. I trust my local politicians at the city level to be more aware about what people want, and be more aware of what studies have shown regarding the impact of bike lanes on traffic patterns.
I don’t know what’s the worst part of this proposal. Is it the fact that the lives and well-being of cyclists are being blatantly devalued? Or the fact that none of this proposal is all based on any real evidence?
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44% of people surveyed in Toronto are cyclists and collisions on a stretch of road studied went down 61%. You're looking at almost half the city increasing their risk of injury or death by half... and that's okay? That's acceptable? I am simply gobsmacked.
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Pathetic. Ford and company can’t seem to find the bottom of their grievance barrel. Houses. Healthcare. Not billions to billionaires, Austrian spas, the Westons, and so on. So, so pathetic- but hey, at least you’re the most fiscally irresponsible government ever - so you’ve got that
Why is the City of Toronto constantly regressing? Municipal taxpayers voted for and paid for bike lanes to ensure the safety of our neighbors. To reduce pollution. To promote healthier ways of living.
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Since these are already installed, and very recently, doesn’t it make more sense to collect data on how many people are using the lanes and how much car traffic is effected by it before spending money to rip them out? This doesn’t make logical sense.
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