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117491

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Please please please take care of all citizens. Drivers , bikers , pedestrians. This bill is unbelievably dangerous and selfish. I am so tired of Ford pandering to his constituents for his own benefit and putting citizens, nature and wildlife at risk because of it. Read more

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117492

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I am a driver who lives and has lived in the Bloor-Ossington area of downtown Toronto for 40 years. Traffic congestion is a problem, and has been a problem long before bike lanes were put in. Moving people by bicycle is a better solution than removing bike lanes for many reasons. Read more

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117493

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Removing the bike lanes is a colossal waste of time and resources! If you want to improve gridlock, add more public transportation, making it a more reliable and consistent mode of transportation that commuters could actually rely on! Read more

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117494

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I wish to offer my strong support for bike lanes in Toronto and to call on the Province to reverse its intention to remove bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge, and University. I live in Toronto and work downtown. Bike lanes make navigating this city so much easier. Read more

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117495

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Bike lanes should ONLY be installed the downtown core is areas that are NOT heavily travelled by vehicles. The intent is in the right place to install bike lanes but vehicle traffic needs to take precedence over bikes. Read more

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117496

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I think this is a bad use of tax-payer money. This will put bikers in more danger than they already are, and with less bike lanes, more people will be in cars, making the problem worse. Taking away bike lanes will just put bikes into traffic, which will also make congestion worse.

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117499

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I am horrified that the province of Ontario is intending to require bike lanes from Toronto's streets be removed leaving Toronto to pay the 75 million dollars to remove them over and above the 47 million it cost to install them. Read more

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117500

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The proposed legislation to remove bike lanes from Bloor Street, Yonge Street, and University Avenue is misguided and unlikely to address the root causes of gridlock. Read more

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117501

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It is very well documented how the USA has destroyed its cities since the 50s by re-tailoring them for cars instead of people. And their arguments have been precisely the same this proposal is using, namely disguised under the dogma of time and money savings. Read more

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117503

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I am writing to strongly oppose Bill 212. Bike lanes should be a municipal decision, built according to the needs and desires of the municipality in which bike lanes serve as important transportation infrastructure. Read more

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117504

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I strongly oppose Bill 212, Schedule 4, Part XII, in which the Ministry reduces the powers of municipalities to build their own bike lanes when "the design for the bicycle lane would reduce the number of marked lanes available for travel by motor vehicle traffic along any portion of or on either sid Read more

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117505

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Robust bike lanes are critical for any world class city to offer safe, sustainable, and efficient transit options. Removing existing bike lanes is fiscally irresponsible, short-sighted, and backwards thinking. The bike lanes should remain and remove parking spots if congestion is such a concern.

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117508

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I against the schedules in this proposed act that support the removal of bike lanes in Toronto or another municipality down the line. It has been supported by science and existing data that improving biking infrastructure and transit opportunities reduces gridlock. Read more

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117509

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The bike lanes on Bloor and University are always super busy and it would be a huge step backward for the city to remove those transportation arteries for cyclists. Read more

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Research on bike lanes around the world proves that they REDUCE air pollution and REDUCE unnecessary traffic into City centres thereby INCREASING speed/efficiency of public transit and commercial transportation. Read more