Removal of existing bike lanes will be costly and is not supported by evidence that removing them will increase traffic flow
Better to work with the cities to modify lanes as necessary and save the taxpayer’s money
As someone who commutes equally by car and bicycle during the warmer months and by car only during the colder ones, I highly value the existing bike lanes in Toronto where I live, and in Mississauga where I work.
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I strongly disagree with the proposed bill for the following reasons:
Money matters: taxpayer money should be respected. A bike lane built at great cost should be allowed to show that it grows ridership and reduces congestion before spending another large chunk of money to remove it.
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I support Bill 212. Toronto being the city with the worst traffic in North America, the situation is getting worse by the day. Most of the bike lanes are hardly utilized even in summer time while they tremendously slow down the traffic flow.
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I am against act. I am a 37 year old woman who grew up rurally, and now lives downtown. I am a car wonder and driver, as well as a cyclists, and this act won’t help drivers or cyclists.
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This is without doubt another absurd idea that will cost the taxpayer money. Bike lanes are good! Do not rip them out. When I visit Toronto,which I do regularly, I am glad to see people on bikes. My small town has bike lanes.
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I am absolutely against this proposal.
I say this as a pedestrian, non cyclist, and occasional driver.
I own a home just up from Bloor Street.
As a pedestrian, the area has become immeasurably safer by having bike lanes on it.
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The Ford government once again is making policy decisions that are not based on the evidence but on 'common sense' that is based on ideology and outdated thinking.
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As a Toronto resident who walks, drives and uses transit, I am aware of how well our city has adjusted to the radical density increase by developing a variety of ways to move around.
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I am opposed to the removal of the existing bike lanes along Bloor, University and Yonge Streets. My family of four, including two young children ages 6 and 8 years old does not own a car. In fact we have never owned a car. We use bike lanes to get around daily.
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I’m against Ontario Bill 212, the Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024. Removing bike lanes to tackle traffic is a step backward, especially in a growing city facing the challenges of climate change.
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Thank you for removing the bike lanes!!! It’s long overdue. They aren’t used for about six months of the year and they aren’t used that much at all during the milder temperatures to justify them. I drive downtown everyday and they cause so much more traffic.
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I'm a driver who often drives around the city. I've seen the improvements in traffic that these bike lanes have caused. Driving across bloor st used to be a parking lot. Now with the added bike lanes, there is always a simple orderly flow of traffic that moves along.
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I believe this to be a gross overreach of the provincial arm, and further highlights the challenges of Toronto not being its own province (similar to the administrative areas of leading urban areas such as Paris and Berlin).
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Bike lanes save lives! They make negotiating Bloor easier for vehicles, as they have removed left turns at any intersection without a designated turn lane and removed right-turns on red lights. This makes traffic flow better and smoother along the whole stretch.
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Please don’t do this. In a big city like Toronto there needs to be more safe ways to get around besides cars. There are so many other cities that are doing this in such an amazing way. Why are we so behind?
This proposal is factually incorrect, incredibly short-sighted, and overall a terrible idea with no basis in actual traffic analysis and urban planning. Removing bike lanes will NOT improve traffic congestion - only reducing the number of cars on the streets can do that.
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This is wasteful, disgusting and an obvious bid to capitalize on anti-Toronto sentiment. The bike lanes make traffic safer and faster by allowing bikes that would be using the road to be separated and moving at a fast and convenient pace.
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