Hi there. I'd like to comment on the bike lane suggestions. As both a bike rider, commuter and car driver, I am NOT in favour of removing bike lanes.
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Removing existing bike lanes is a reckless, expensive undertaking. Bikes are not a problem in street gridlock. Too many cars (and not enough transit) are the problem. Bikes (and bike lanes) are constantly easing the congestion, and removing them is a terrible, terrible idea. People will die.
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Yonge Street presentation speaks volumes.
And now the cyclists are posting signs that read “PROTECT OUR BIKES” up and down the streets. What ??? What happened to Protect the residents living off this mess?
These bike lanes can’t be removed soon enough.
Thanks Doug
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Why are we wasting time and money ripping our bike lanes that were just built. The last thing we need is even more useless road construction causing more traffic.
While I understand the want to reduce traffic in congested areas in Toronto, bill 212 will be detrimental to cycling in all of Ontario, not just Toronto. This would bar any smaller local governments from developing their own cycling infrastructure without first acquiring provincial approval.
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This is an overreach of provincial power, and a step backwards in managing both traffic congestion and reduction of emissions. Bigger roads just encourage more cars to fill them, and reduce the amount of people able to move through them efficiently.
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Bike lanes do more to keep the city moving and reduce gridlock than parking lanes. A more fair proposal would be to remove street parking lanes on major streets such as Bloor St and Yonge st, which take up more space from traffic lanes.
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Bike infrastructure is a critical part of a growing, healthy, and economically diverse city. Supporting only car infrastructure also decreases air quality and is an inefficient usage of space compared to biking.
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Not only is the government ignoring their own task forces and countless studies, but they’re supposedly “saving” your time and WASTING your money. If anything causes more traffic than a bike lane (and this is more perception than actual fact) it’s CONSTRUCTION.
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I'm a resident of Vaughan
Please don't remove bike lines from University and Bloor
The bike infrastructure in the top metropolitan city in our province is embarrassing and most importantly unsafe
This proposal is a waste of taxpayer dollars. For a party that touts itself as fiscally conservative, it has no problem spending millions to undo improvements that have already been constructed or put in place such as the bike lanes throughout the city.
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I am not in favour of the proposed legislation requiring Ministerial approval of bike lanes. Contrary to the name of the Bill, this legislative change will not reduce gridlock for me nor will it save me time as a cyclist.
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The removal of bike lanes will only further increase the risk of danger for cyclists in the city and will therefore further the need for cars instead of alternatives to cars.
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I am perplexed at the way in which this proposal distinguishes between "bike lanes" and "traffic lanes." Are bicycles not traffic? Do cyclists not have places to get to on time?
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Doug Ford has no business meddling in removing Toronto's bike lanes. This is a waste of taxpayer's money. Adding more lanes for car traffic will just induce demand of cars, and the traffic downtown has gotten worse in the past several years (since lockdowns).
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Doug Ford needs to stop spending time and tax payers money on intervening in Toronto municipal affairs.
We are a city that values alternative transit options like cycling that are environmentally & health conscious, and need these options to be available to us safely. Scrap this bill.
As a Toronto resident, this bill will prove harmful for cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers alike.
Firstly, the provincial government shouldn't be adding political red tape that slows down local governments that is trying to increase transportation options in the city.
For bikes:
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