Please look into the research on this first. Increasing road capacity for cars INCREASES traffic. It seems counterintuitive, so please listen to experts on this, like from this paper:
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3q21f88p
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Hello Transportation Ministry of Ontario, I'm not agree at all with your project. How is possible in 2024, to decide of removing existing bike lanes ?
You need to take example of Montreal, who is the perfect example of good cohabitation between cars and bikes cause many bike lanes.
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Removing bike lanes on Bloor St and University would not save time or prevent traffic. What it would do is risk the lives of the hu deeds of bikers who use these bike lanes every day.
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Bike lanes reduce congestion, not the opposite! Also cyclists are entitled to space on the road and if we are in the main traffic lane we will add to congestion rather than relieve it. Make public transit free and you’ll reduce congestion even more! Look at studies.
This is a painful example of government overreach, all for a highway that no one wants or needs. Unless you’re the handful of government contractors that will benefit from this, of course. Disappointing, but not surprising. I cannot wait to vote Doug Ford out.
We are in a housing crisis. Additional highways is not what we need; especially when it removes people's houses. Investment in public transportation is the imperative matter.
I do not support this act which disguised as a bike lane removal is really about taking land from homeowners so Ford can build his highway
A direct quote from the actual text of the act:
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Provincial approval of bike lanes is a serious overreach of provincial decision making. Municipalities should be able to plan their own road infrastructure for biking.
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This anti-bike agenda will not achieve your stated goals. It's been tested, reviewed, studied, and implemented all over the world, over and over again. More car lanes do not improve traffic, nor the local economy, nor reduce travel times. It is a failed policy. Your anti-bike bias is foolish.
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The statistic that only 1.2% Torontonians bike to work is misleading and narrow. Use the correct statistic and you'd know that this number is much higher, so given that we need more bike lanes not less.
I am strongly in opposition to this act allowing the removal of existing bike lanes on Bloor st., Yonge st., and University Avenue, as will as its goal of limiting the addition of future bike lanes in Toronto. Biking through the city is an efficient, and if via bike lanes, safe method of travel.
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Please leave the bike lanes alone. They not only offer safe biking in the city, but they actually create safer streets. Yes, I drive a lot and get frustrated by the traffic, but the gridlock is from the Gardiner Expressway construction and so many horrible car accidents that cause delays.
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I work as a bike courier in Downtown Toronto. I have for 3 years. I started working this job after the bloor street bike lanes were built. I could not imagine the city without them. Often, I will switch over to bloor to go long distances as it is a safer, much lower stress ride.
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Please keep the bike lanes and make more!
1. less cyclists in the car lane will ease congestion, give them their own lane to make sure they don't slow down car traffic. It is only good for cars to have dedicated bike lanes.
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Please don't make bike lanes a provincial matter. It makes more sense for the local municipality to make these decisions. Keeping existing and adding new bike infrastructure is a data driven solution to reduce traffic and create a safer, sustainable commuting option.
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It is evident that this bill is being pushed through on the basis cruelty. Cyclists are being sacrificed, politically and physically, in order to appeal to drivers.
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Please do not approve this bill due to part 7 of schedule 4. The government does not need to add more red tape and bureaucracy when there is so much to begin with.
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