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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 work as a nurse at Sick Kids Hospital on University Avenue, and I frequently bike to work on the cycle tracks on hospital row. On my commute to work, I pass a white memorial bike to mark the spot where cyclists have died after being struck by vehicles. Read more

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Hello I just wanted to voice my opinion on the removal of bike lanes. I understand the logic of widening the roads in order to improve traffic lanes however it is counterproductive. By widening roads we will actually be introducing more car traffic instead of reducing it. Read more

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Bike lanes save lives. Studies from around the world show bike lanes ease congestion, reduce emissions and are a boon to businesses. Please, stay in your lane and back off on this piece of legislation. It is not data-based and will not improve traffic in the province. Read more

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Removing existing bike lanes, or restricting construction of future bike lanes will make gridlock worse. Global studies show that traffic congestion is reduced with the addition of bike lanes. Removing bike lanes will make traffic worse, as well as making cycling vastly more dangerous. Read more

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This legislation is counter to any informed policy recommendations on how to manage traffic. Bike lanes reduce the overall number of cars on the road by encouraging cycling over driving and keep vulnerable road users safe. This is also provincial over-reach. Read more

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Please scrap Bill 212. A city may not be perfect, but it needs to be inclusive. Currently we already have way too much vehicles on city roads, causing a growing imbalance in handling of transportation requirements. Read more

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Removing bike lanes (that the city recently paid for) to add more lanes for cars is not a good policy. We have surrendered much of our walkable city space to cars already, as the roads continue to become increasingly dangerous to people choosing not to drive. Read more

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Bike lines are a key piece of infrastructure for safety, both for cyclists and drivers. This proposal is a shameful show of how our current government cares more about empty rhetoric than human lives.

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This is an absolute travesty. The solution to Toronto's traffic woes is not to cram more cars into the city. If bike lanes were the source of congestion, the Gardiner would run like clockwork, wouldn't it? This is typical short-sighted pandering and a gross overreach by Mr. Ford. Read more

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I am strongly against this bill. Bike lanes are a net positive for the city. They do not increase congestion, they reduce road maintenance costs and they have positive environmental outcomes. Read more

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Bike lanes are important and should not need provincial approval to build. Removing existing bike lanes is a waste of money, detrimental to the thousands who use them, and will only increase traffic in the end. Please read a single book on traffic theory.

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This proposal is frankly, complete nonsense. Bike lanes cover a very small fraction of Ontario roadways, and overall move more people relative to the space they take up. More and more people are riding every year. How are bike lanes responsible for increase congestion on the 401, or the 400? Read more

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There is no evidence that active transportation lanes cause traffic congestion. The reverse is true: fewer commuters using cars (by using active transportation) take cars off the road. Read more

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Please do not remove bike lanes! Real commuters use these to commute to work. They save time for the citizens of Toronto. Please Doug Ford stick to your mandate which is provincial matters and save municipal work to the municipal politicians!!!

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