I am strongly opposed to Bill 212, as it threatens to reverse the progress made in creating safer and more accessible cycling infrastructure in Ontario municipalities, including Newmarket and Toronto, where I live and study.
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I am against this bill for the following reasons
1. It adds unnecessary red tape and bureaucracy to developing our cities
2. It discourages building more essential transportation infrastructure
3. We need to think about building a basic standard of safety for more than just cars
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Bill 212 is a threat to road safety to vulnerable road users in the name of being 1) a distraction (or astroturfing if you will) to the nefarious parts of the bill like ability to create an easement across people's properties property to bring broadband to new areas, highway 314 being except for an
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This is infuriating. How could you possibly think it would be a good idea to remove the solution to gridlock (having less cars on the road and more poeple on bikes)??? That lane will fill up with cars immediately and drivers will in fact NOT "get to where they need to go" faster.
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I cannot comprehend what roundabout thinking it takes to presume that removing bike lanes is in any way a solution to any issue this city has.
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I would like to keep the bike lanes - it makes me upset that the province would remove existing bike lanes. I would like to live in city where bikes are part of a viable transportation option. It is short sighted to not allow for alternatives modes of transportation.
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Thank you to all who have been involved in formulating and tabling legislation via bill 212 with regards to the dystopian mayhem that has been created via the ill thought out bike lane mess in the city of Toronto.
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I am writing to voice my opposition to Bill 212, which proposes removing bike lanes across Toronto (some of these were just installed as a welcome addition in the past year or so.) The bike lanes have encouraged cyclists, reducing the number of drivers.
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My main concerns with Bill 212 are the blatant overreach into municipal territory regarding the bike lanes, and the ridiculous exemption of Highway 413 from the Environmental Assessment Act.
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I am a driver, pedestrian and cyclist.
The e-bikes are a HUGE problem.
If you remove the bike lane for a car lane, e-bikes will swallow it up.
They go so fast and create visual problems where you are looking to have more cars move.
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In regards to Exemptions from Environmental Assessment Act 2 (1) 1. through 6. — This is a situation where environmental assessments should to apply, without exemption. If that causes a delay then that is acceptable within reasonable bounds.
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I have never seen a worse proposal for our city. Please stop ruining our chance to end car dependency in this city. I am daily user of city bikes and bike lanes and have seen a huge number of my peers shift their commute from TTC to city bikes.
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With the city expanding, there's no way to have everyone continue driving. Bike lanes are essential to have in a growing city. If everyone drives there won't be enough roads to fit them all. At least giving people options allows cars to keep moving, too.
We need to keep the bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge, and University. Furthermore, increase our bike network so that it's more connected. More bike infrastructure means more throughput of people on the road, ultimately making commuting faster for cars and bikers alike.
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Completely support this bill!
Toronto city hall has destroyed our road infrastructure, and will continue to do so if not stopped.
Please also consider banning restaurant patios in curb lanes.
Removing protective bike lanes doesn't remove bikes. Putting bikes back into traffic lanes will not only (quite obviously) put cyclists at high risk, but will slow traffic when infront of vehicles.
Trading Canadian lives and well being for political points is beyond shameful.
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Eliminating bike lanes is not a way to reduce gridlock, it's the OPPOSITE. This is a well know, very studied subject and this proposition is ridiculous. Any public servant that supports it need to take a good hard look in the mirror.
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