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Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.

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I strongly oppose Ontario Bill 212 (Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024) for several key reasons. The bill's proposal to remove bike lanes as a means of reducing traffic congestion is fundamentally flawed and unsupported by a large history of strong evidence. Read more

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While it may make intuitive sense at a surface level, removing bike lanes or preventing their inclusion to maintain car lanes is an extremely shortsighted, misguided approach that can lead to significant negative consequences. Read more

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Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.

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Dear Sir I don't think that the Ontario Provincial government should be telling Municipality's whether they can have bike lanes in their city's or not. The city's should decide.

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Land expropriation without recourse buried in the bill, shady. Bike lane removal at massive expense and undoing important progress towards bikeable congestion reducing safe transportation routes, shameful. Cancel this bill.

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The costly removal of bike infrastructure will force those who currently use it to swap to either cars or the already overtaxed ttc, making trafic worse. The provincial government also should not have regulatory control over how cities plan thier infrastructure. Read more

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The removal of bike lanes is only reasonable if the cost is borne by the jurisdiction involved in the decision making. As the provincial government is the decision maker in this case, the province should shoulder the financial burden.

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I strongly oppose this plan. It's abundantly clear that removing existing bike lanes WILL NOT improve traffic over time. This government is ignoring the evidence and fundamental concepts such as induced demand. Read more

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Removal of these key bike lanes would disconnect the already meagre bike lane network that the City of Toronto offers to its tax-paying residents. Previous incidents of removing bike lanes to improve gridlock have proven to not aid in congestion. Read more

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This bill is an enormous waste of public funds to remove an important piece of infrastructure. Removing bike lanes to for the sake of vehicular traffic is the opposite direction of where we should be moving.

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When visiting Montréal recently, I found myself biking constantly. I never felt the need to call an Uber as I was able to use a combination of biking, public transit, and walking to get to my destination. Read more

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Removing bike lanes has significant negative consequences, making streets less safe for cyclists, who are then forced to share lanes with cars, increasing accident risk. It discourages eco-friendly transportation, leading to more car dependency, traffic congestion, and air pollution. Read more

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As a resident of University Avenue, I am absolutely appalled at the proposal to remove the bike lanes established just months ago. I endured the extensive construction process, which was disruptive and costly. Read more

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This is the CRAZIEST thing I have ever heard. There is copious academic research that shows more lanes does not solve congestion. You would seriously make the people of Ontario pay $48 million dollars to put themselves and their friends who bike in peril? Read more

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I am writing to express my strong opposition to the Ontario government’s proposed framework that would mandate the removal of bike lanes on key streets in Toronto, as well as potentially other existing bike lanes across the province. Read more

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Bike infrastructure is fundamental to the urban transportation system. Removing bike lanes does not improve traffic, but instead forces more people into cars further clogging up the roads, while forcing cyclists to dangerously mix with traffic or pedestrians. Read more

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