Do not accept unilateral decision by Doug Ford to have municipalities apply for bike lanes or for Ford to unilaterally remove existing bike lanes. Too many projects Doug Ford is already involved in are finished and not operating or not finished.
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I think this is a short sighted, and dangerous move for the provincial government to make. In a confrontation between a cyclist and a vehicle, the cyclist always looses.
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I strongly disagree with the decision to remove the bike lanes along Bloor, University and Yonge. Data shows that they do NOT impact traffic flow. Construction is the biggest cause of traffic throughout the city, especially along Bloor.
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I use the bike lanes on Bloor daily. If they are removed I will simply take the entirety of a traffic lane, as is my right under the Highway Traffic Act. This bill will make my commute and community less safe while making congestion worse. It's a lose-lose.
Removing bike lanes in urban areas like downtown Toronto on Bloor is probably one of the most unhelpful and nonsensical solutions to solving congested traffic issues. Just think about it for more than 5 seconds:
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Robust evidence from cities around the world and the city of Toronto’s own data shows that these bike lanes do not legations impact automobile traffic - in fact these bike lanes actually reduce congestion (and air pollution) by replacing thousands of daily car trips.
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Sad that the bike lanes are going even as a driver myself and working in Bloor West Village, it's crazy that people are upset that people can bike safely. It makes me sad. Especially when there are transit option on these routes that people just refuse to use.
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I don't support this proposal. We need to be forward looking and support individual wrll-being (physical and mental health) and climate risks/environmental sustainability efforts by encouraging people to cycle as a form of commute!
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We use the bike lanes daily. They are necessary for safety. If you want to reduce car congestion, remove street parking on Yonge, Bloor and University. Each of these streets have public blocking every one or two blocks. Toronto has a ton of unused parking space.
And build more subways.
Bike lanes save lives, period. There is no data or evidence used here to show that bike lanes increase gridlock or commute times or congestion. This is a baseless overreach into the city's oversight of its own infrastructure.
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Quite a lot of research has been done in this area and it shows exactly the opposite of what you are saying: protected bike lanes promote cycling, providing an alternate means of travel, thereby reducing gridlock.
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As a Toronto resident, cyclist, and father, I am heartbroken to learn that the Ontario government is proposing not only to block future bike lanes, but to tear out existing ones.
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The province needs to keep its nose out of Toronto bike lanes. Research shows it improves traffic in long run, not the opposite.
Removing bike lanes on Yonge, University and Bloor will endanger the people truly changing traffic for the better, the bikers.
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There isn’t another city in the world that is REMOVING bike lanes. An utterly idiotic proposal that will cost lives in order to make a handful of outspoken constituents happy. Can you please STOP meddling in municipal decisions? No one elected you mayor of Toronto.
I believe bike lanes are critical to the infrastructure of the city for a few reasons. First, the safety of cyclist should be considered, as people are going to cycle to work with or without the bike lane, and therefore the lanes are important to enhance the protection of cyclists.
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I 100% agree with this bill.
Cyclists add to the gridlock and even more so, don't follow the road rules and makes driving dangerous not just for auto drivers but also themselves (not to mention, almost no cyclists have insurance to be on the road).
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This is an unbelievably stupid thing to do. You risk the lives of Toronto citizens for electioneering. If you can provide actual data supporting the removal of bike lanes reducing car congestion I would love to see it. But you can't, because it doesn't exist.
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