I oppose Ontario Bill 212, the Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 202*, due to several significant concerns. The proposal to remove bike lanes as a strategy for reducing traffic congestion is fundamentally misguided and contradicted by evidence.
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Bill 212 ignores evidence of the demand and benefits of cycling. It illustrates the government's short-term-ism and lack of vision. There is no business case to support vehicles over pedestrians and cycling.
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Dedicated and protected bicycle lanes reduce car traffic congestion. they allow people who wish to cycle safely and quickly to do so, instead of being forced into their car to drive to the shops/school/work.
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This proposal should be stopped.
Based on no real data or facts it apparently serves to please some populist agenda of this current Ontario government.
Toronto has been absolutely the worst place in Canada for vehicular "traffic" for many reasons, amon them
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Removing bike lanes will not significantly reduce traffic. The bike lane on Bloor was analysed extensively when it was a pilot project and the total traffic delay was negligible.
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Bike lanes do not cause congestion. To argue that bike lanes do cause congestion is like arguing that go transit causes congestion. It is a completely ridiculous argument to make especially considering the fact that go transit`s sole purpose was to alleviate traffic on Ontario`s highways.
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This is absolutely preposterous, elitist and unsafe. This government is taking the province backwards rather than improving accessible infrastructure and adding more of it. We don't need more highways for cars, we need MORE bike lanes and more transit options.
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The reason I oppose these changes is that it will not help relieve your problem, but only exacerbate them. Removing bike lanes will simply result in more drivers on the road, leading to more congestion.
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I am completely against this proposed legislation. It infringes on the authority of duly elected city councillors, is harmful to the environment, will endanger the lives of cyclists and pedestrians in the province, will not solve gridlock and does not support evidence based planning.
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Ontario and Toronto seem to always repeat the cycles of progress and huge rollbacks over and over again wasting billions of taxpayer money. Eglington LRT looks like it’s finally happening… and now we are demolishing the nice bike lanes we just put in??
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people need transportation options as opposed to more red tape and bureaucracy. limiting bike lanes means increasing cars thus traffic as people who want to bike are forced into driving.
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This proposal should be stopped.
Based on no real data or facts it apparently serves no good to the people of Ontario.
Toronto has been absolutely the worst place in Canada for vehicular "traffic" for many reasons, among them
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The clause within this bill to remove environmental impact assessments when building new highways is extremely dangerous, and the fact that the Ontario Conservatives is hiding it in a bill mostly about removing bike lanes is a disgustingly underhanded move.
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Bike lanes are an essential part of city infrastructure, and must be protected to support equality, safe mobility, good health, and environmental sustainability.
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I do not support this legislation and over reach by Premiere Ford. As someone who cares about responsible government, environmental awareness and a healthy life style the current PC government which exhibits none of these attributes will not have my vote at election time.
Earlier today I shared my reasons for opposing the province’s proposal to remove by claims on Bloor Street, Yong Street and University Avenue and to allow the province to determine where by clans would be located within the city of Toronto.
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