Although I am extremely supportive of cycling and supporting safe cycling routes, it cannot be an overnight step change that literally upends people’s commutes and impacts local business revenues. Most people impacted by the needless (and horribly unflexible) bike lanes on Bloor are families.
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This is a bad law and regulation, for several reasons, and I oppose it. Bundling removing and banning bike lanes with exempting a freeway from environmental assessment is a blatant attempt at politicking and creating a wedge issue to shift the conversation and hide the real goal of the law.
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Please do not remove any bike lanes.
We need to encourage other forms of transportation than the automobile.
If anything, we need more bike lanes, not fewer.
As a resident, taxpayer, and near-daily user of the Bloor Street bike lanes in the University neighborhood, I am deeply frustrated by the provincial government’s push to alter infrastructure in our community without considering the voices and needs of those who live here.
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This proposal will make our roads LESS safe and will INCREASE congestion.
I use the bike lanes on both Bloor and University to commute to work so that I don't have to drive. Removing them will add another motorist to the road.
Please respect municipal studies & decision making.
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Removing bike lanes from downtown Toronto is one of the most detrimental things you can do to the city. The reason why traffic is so bad is due to the lack of safe and reliable alternative transit options.
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I am firmly opposed to Ontario Bill 212 (Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024). This legislation’s proposal to remove bike lanes as a strategy to alleviate traffic congestion is misguided and is not supported by evidence.
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Not only does provincial overreach make our roads more dangerous, but it will most certainly create worse congestion. Cyclists will either get back in their cars, or will slow down cars by riding in traffic.
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I am deeply concerned and disappointed by the proposal to remove bike lanes in Toronto. Such a move would undermine efforts to reduce congestion and create a more livable city with sustainable transportation options.
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Bike lanes on Bloor street was a horrible decision that was made by Toronto city council without any regard for actual views and inputs from the residents that would be impacted. This was a waste of tax payer money and had negative consequences that we are all now witnessing.
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This is massive government overreach. The big Ford government wants to expand their powers and this is a clear example of it. Ontario needs less big government, not more of it.
Bill 212 is shortsighted and vindictive.
Removing bike lanes will either increase the number of biker deaths in the city, or force cars to drive at the speed of bikes.
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The bike lanes on Bloor Street are a mess! They have caused gridlock and more than doubled the time it takes to travel from point A to point B. Anyone that says otherwise is using manipulated data (i.e. including travel time that measures overnight periods).
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I am writing to express serious concerns regarding Bill 212, which seeks to grant the provincial government the authority to approve or remove bike lanes on municipal roads where they require the removal of a traffic lane.
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This proposal is based on ideology not evidence. Bikes do not cause congestion, cars do! The government should be working on reducing vehicular traffic (and parking!) rather than increasing road capacity which has been shown invariably to increase automobile traffic.
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I am not supportive of the provincial government overrulling municipal transportation decisions on municipal roads. In general, I am supportive of building infrastructure in Toronto to reduce the reliance on cars, and that includes robust bicycle lane infrastructure.
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It is abundantly that the political establishment in this province has no concept of “induced demand”, which shows over and over that if more traffic lanes are added they will fill up, thus doing nothing to solve congestion.
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Bill 212 (Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Building Highways Faster Act, 2024) poses significant risks to Ontario's environment and land. By fast-tracking highway construction, the bill prioritizes infrastructure expansion at the expense of natural ecosystems and agricultural land.
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