I strongly oppose to remove bike lanes.
1. The budget amount isn’t small, and could’ve been better spent on upgrading public transportation infrastructures.
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As a resident of Toronto I really value bike lines. I’ve felt safer biking in the city and think it reflects the values we need to hold on to as we move further into a climate crisis. Traffic is a concern in our city but I don’t think tearing out the bike lanes is the answer.
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Please do not pass this. I’m 18 and for all of high school I biked to school on Bloor. A lot of my friends did too, because a lot of people
In Toronto don’t own cars.
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Please provide proof that removing bike lanes reduces traffic.
Toronto would look less like other world class cities that have bike lanes.
More and more travellers are choosing to bicycle. Car ownership for Generation Z is dramatically decreasing. E-bikes are rising in popularity.
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Bike lanes save lives. I was hit by a car while riding my bike along Bloor meer weeks before the bike lane was installed. Bike lanes prevent injuries, which reduces healthcare burden and productivity loss if human safety alone isn't a persuasive argument.
I am writing to express my profound disagreement with this proposed bill. Municipal road use should be the purview of municipal government and community consultation. This bill is a significant provincial overreach and undermines local government.
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Removing bike lanes will not reduce gridlock and will only make commuting more dangerous for vulnerable road users. If the province's goal is to reduce gridlock, it should improve access to public transit and add more bike lanes.
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DO NOT TEAR UP THE BIKE LANES! Forget the moribund and destructive tendencies of the corporate boot-licking Ford and his cronies! Let's make Toronto the progressive and humanist city it needs to be! PLEASE, DO NOT TEAR UP THE BIKE LANES! What a waste of money and time!
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Bike lanes are essential to moving the city! Please don’t remove any lanes, people who can’t afford the insane costs of cars need bike lanes and depend on them to get to work. Biking around this crazy city is BY FAR the fastest way to get around.
Because of the principle of induced demand (https://www.vtpi.org/gentraf.pdf) it is highly unlikely that removing bike lanes will reduce the time that it takes for drivers to drive a particular route. Rather, traffic volumes will increase until the congestion returns to the same level.
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This proposal is absurd and will further endanger the lives of cyclists not to mention the future of our planet. Anyone who has been on a bike lane in Toronto knows how busy and well-used they are.
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Having adequate bike lanes is so important for a healthy city. It lowers motor pollution, decreases traffic, and improves health of overall residents. We should be building more bike lanes not removing them!
The bike lanes are already reducing congestion by giving a safe alternative to driving downtown.
Removing these bike lanes is a near sighted placebo for drivers who do not live or work downtown.
I appreciate the opportunity to make a comment. Each muncipality should have agency when it comes to making decisions about gridlock in their communities. Provincial authorities should NOT be involved in consultations at all.
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I do not support this bill and see this is a gross attack on municipalities and the decisions they make to benefit their citizens. The province is wasting tax payer dollars (again) with a seemingly odd vengeance towards biking.
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A video about why lane capacity doesn't matter; intersection capacity does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyMtzhsL6vU&t=295s
But Ford does not care about bike lanes and road capacity. It's about getting him and his 413 developer buddies rich off the taxpayers.
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Bikes are vehicles that belong on the road however they need protection because cars are inherently dangerous. Municipalities should not have to have more red tape to keep people safe.
It is extremely undemocratic for the province to think that it knows best what should be done on the streets of Toronto especially by representatives who we did not vote for. Stay in your lane and we will keep ours.
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