I use the bike lanes in Toronto on bloor and university a few times a week. By taking a bike rather than a car, I am reducing gridlock. If the proper bike infrastructure is not present, I would be inclined to take a car. Bike lanes reduce congestion, see attached article.
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Removing bike lanes will not improve traffic, but it will come at the cost of cyclists' lives. The idea of removing the biggest bike lane routes in the city is absolutely ludicrous. If you want to clear up road space, take out street parking on major arterial roads.
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I think bike lanes are necessary for safety. In the downtown of our large cities it is necessary to have bike lanes. It is the only way to get anywhere with the gridlock. It keeps my grandkids safe!
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This is a gross overreach by the province. I thought we were supposed to be getting rid of red tape and here you are, adding more. City traffic will not get better when you take out bike lanes. It will stay exactly the same? Why?
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I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the proposed bill that would remove bike lanes and impose restrictions on how new ones can be added. As a daily cyclist, this decision will have a profound impact on my family and me.
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Please do not let Doug Ford remove bike lanes. toronto needs more bike lanes, not less. To reduce congestion we should concentrate on making public transit more convenient and efficient. There has been too many pedestrians struck by cars.
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The bike lanes in the city are the only safe, convenient and affordable way for many of us Toronto residents to get to and from work and around the city. Not all of us can afford $3.40 every time we need to get on TTC, therefore we rely on our bikes year round as our main mode of transport.
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Please get back to work fixing provincial issues and quit focusing on municipal decisions for one city!
Do you think people in Thunder Bay care about bike lanes in Toronto? This bill and government is misguided and corrupt. Terrible.
This is absolutely ridiculous.
The way forward is not to add cars do the downtown core, its to encourage people to commute via other means and cycling is one of the best and most efficient ways to do that
I'm sure you won't listen to us, however this piece of legislation looks like Communism to me. Here you are telling a democratically elected body (Toronto City Council) how to conduct business. This is what they do in China and Russia.
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It is a shame that the premier has decided to wage a war against cyclists in this city while trying to push through a bill that would cause untold environmental damage to our wonderful province with the expedited construction of 413.
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As a driver, I want to see more bike lanes, not fewer.
More bikes on the road means there are fewer cars on the road.
And when the bikes are in a protected lane, I do not have to worry about injuring a cyclist.
Leave cities to manage their infrastructure. They know what is best and not the province.
Congestion can only be solved by providing alternatives to cars
This is not how we solve the congestion problem long term. We need to improve public transportation in our major cities. We don’t want more cars on the road!
Bicycle infrastructure is a critical component of my community’s needs to combat traffic congestion. It provides much needed safety to cyclists, which increases bicycle usage, and reduces automobile dependency. It also saves lives.
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More vehicle lanes does not reduce congestion. The only way out of congestion is viable alternatives to driving. If bike lanes cause congestion, highway 401 would have no congestion. Any anti-bike transportation policy is ill-researched.
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As a regular user of bike lanes in Toronto, especially the Bloor St. one, I am shocked by the Provincial government's proposal to dictate, and limit, how Municipal governments implement bike lanes.
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This is a painfully misguided bill. The idea that “another lane will fix it” is so out of touch, it has been debunked and memed and tested and nothing good ever comes of just dedicating more space to cars. Cars which primarily have only one person in it.
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