Comments

View the comments this notice received through the registry. You can either download them all or search and sort below.

Some comments will not be posted online. Learn more about the comment status and our comment and privacy policies.

Download comments

Search comments

Comment ID

115474

Commenting on behalf of

Individual

Comment status

Comment approved More about comment statuses
I am extremely concerned that there are massive parts of legislation that are not related to bike lane removal (which I also disagree with). Here is a quote from the bill: Read more

Comment ID

115475

Commenting on behalf of

Individual

Comment status

Comment approved More about comment statuses
I am writing to share my concerns about Bill 212, The Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, and its implications for municipal control over bike lane infrastructure. Read more

Comment ID

115476

Commenting on behalf of

Individual

Comment status

Comment approved More about comment statuses
This bill is insane. Highways should not be viewed as having so much value to the detriment of everything else. The environment comes first, people’s homes come first, health care and educational infrastructure comes first, PUBLIC TRANSIT AND BIKE LANES come first. Read more

Comment ID

115477

Commenting on behalf of

Individual

Comment status

Comment approved More about comment statuses
I can't believe we're actually proposing money to make Toronto worse. This government is allergic to evidence based decision making and is not acting in good faith. I do not believe for a second that the Ford adminstration has a genuine interest in making Ontario a better place for its citizens.

Comment ID

115478

Commenting on behalf of

Individual

Comment status

Comment approved More about comment statuses
In London ON, there simply aren’t enough bike lanes to make commuting safe and practical for most riders. There are just disjointed sections and the sections in between them are scary. Motorists get impatient and create life threatening scenarios on the daily. Read more

Comment ID

115479

Commenting on behalf of

Individual

Comment status

Comment approved More about comment statuses
As a driver in the downtown Toronto core, I am opposed to the provincial government’s proposal to return bike lines on sections of the Bloor Street, Yonge Street, and University Avenue to motor vehicle lanes. The safety of cyclists far outweighs the minimal time that will be saved. Read more

Comment ID

115482

Commenting on behalf of

Individual

Comment status

Comment approved More about comment statuses
To reduce gridlock in a meaningful and long term way, people need infrastructure that encourages them to get around WITHOUT their car. Bike lanes help to keep cyclists safe, and the bike lanes on these 3 roads are very heavily used. Read more

Comment ID

115483

Commenting on behalf of

Individual

Comment status

Comment approved More about comment statuses
To reduce gridlock in a meaningful and long term way, people need infrastructure that encourages them to get around WITHOUT their car. Bike lanes help to keep cyclists safe, and the bike lanes on these 3 roads are very heavily used. Read more

Comment ID

115484

Commenting on behalf of

Individual

Comment status

Comment approved More about comment statuses
My family uses the bike lanes that are being proposed for removal. These bike lanes have allowed my children to cycle safely to school and for all of us to quickly and safely traverse our neighborhood. Removing the lanes will be costly, wasting of taxpayer money. Read more

Comment ID

115485

Commenting on behalf of

Individual

Comment status

Comment approved More about comment statuses
We are a family of 4. Our main transportation is bike. We frequently use the bike lanes on Bloor (mainly Shaw to Bathurst) and Avenue (mainly Colleague and south). This is our way to stay fit and healthy, and to move around the city quickly and safely. Read more

Comment ID

115487

Commenting on behalf of

Individual

Comment status

Comment approved More about comment statuses
I am one government overstep away from losing my mind. This bill is illegal. It takes rights away from citizens and local municipal goverments. Keep pushing it Doug Ford and you are gonna have blood in the streets. Read more

Comment ID

115488

Commenting on behalf of

Individual

Comment status

Comment approved More about comment statuses
The true purpose of this bill – beyond the province meddling in municipal planning and overriding local government – is the expropriation of private land along highways and potential highway routes to once again benefit Doug Ford's developer friends at the public's expense. Read more

Comment ID

115489

Commenting on behalf of

Individual

Comment status

Comment approved More about comment statuses
This is a gross misuse of provincial resources and attention. The bikelanes in place have had a demonstrably positive effect on both congestion and quality of life in the city, and for the province to unilaterally dismiss this is either a sign of vindictive pettiness or incompetence. Read more

Comment ID

115490

Commenting on behalf of

Individual

Comment status

Comment approved More about comment statuses
Numerous studies have determined that gridlock reduction cannot be achieved by increasing the capacity for motor vehicles to travel through our cities. More roads and more lanes just mean more cars in the same traffic jams. Read more

Comment ID

115493

Commenting on behalf of

Individual

Comment status

Comment approved More about comment statuses
I wholeheartedly am against this proposal as it does not accomplish its intended goal of reducing traffic but rather creates more need to use a car instead of alternative forms of transport. Read more

Comment ID

115494

Commenting on behalf of

Individual

Comment status

Comment approved More about comment statuses
Bike lanes keep families safe. We absolutely need them. We don’t ask for much, not all of us can afford cars, we just want a safe route from A to B. We don’t need easier access to alcohol we need access to safe biking lanes and access to fairly priced groceries. Read more