In my grade 1 class, we are talking about community. One of the things we have talked about as a class is bike lanes. Some of the students in my class use these bike lanes to get to school with their parents. They believe it's an important part of their community and makes them feel safe.
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What the future of our province needs is not expedited highways. We need carefully thought out strategies to reduce emissions, and safe, and sustainable alternatives to travel. Building more highways has not decreased traffic. Cars idling produces more pollution, which impacts everyone's health.
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The Provincial Planning Statement, 2024 states under 2.1 Planning for People and Homes that planning authorities should support the achievement of "complete communities" and to accommodate an appropriate range of mix of land uses and transportation options with "multimodal" access.
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We need to keep the existing bike lanes. They are vital to so many people. Studies have shown that the bike lanes have minimal impact on traffic congestion.
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Even if removing the bike lanes is less expensive than has been projected, it's still money that the city desperately needs for affordable housing, the health care system, public schools and more. Plus, more people cycle in the warmer weather, and even more will use bicycles if it's safer.
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Thank you for looking so closely at transportation. I hope you will look even more closely and consider the cost of removing the bike lanes, the safety issues that explode without dedicated bike lanes on busy streets, as well as the overreach into municipal affairs that this bill will cause.
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I use my bike to commute all around Toronto. It is the quickest mode of transportation for me. It is a fact that having safe and conveniently located biking infrastructure is an integral component of a well-planned city.
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This bill is absolutely ridiculous. The statistics quoted are erroneous and do not represent the facts. It is not the bike lanes that are contributing to traffic congestion. Research shows that bike lanes reduce traffic congestion.
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This proposed law deprives municipalities from implementing infrastructure they deem will best allow citizens to safely move around and produce economic benefits. It does not appear that bike lanes increase congestion at all but rather they alleviate it.
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I object to the prioritization of drivers vs the right of all Ontario citizens to practical means of transportation. This Bill priorities a specific means of transportation, individuals driving their cars, that contributes to climate change and poor health, and favors the wealthy.
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I can’t believe I even have to comment on this. So disappointing to think that Toronto is moving in the opposite direction of cities around the world when it comes to bike infrastructure.
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Bike lanes have been developed and implemented in order to save lives. How many lives have to be lost before it becomes apparent to this government that bike lines are in necessary part of traffic infrastructure.
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Please, to ensure Toronto is livable, please keep the existing bikelanes and put in additional ones.
Biking in the city need to be safer and this will push us in the opposite direction.
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Bike lanes save lives AND encourage more people to bike rather than drive. If bike lanes are removed, the people who still need to bike will take up an entire lane - as allowed in the Highway Traffic Act - creating more traffic and even more dangerous biking conditions.
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A better solution than removing bike lanes to reduce vehicle congestion is to improve public transit reliability and affordability. One streetcar can remove up to 60 4-wheeled vehicles from the streets.
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Bike lanes keep people safe. People in cars. People on bikes. They are better for everyone. Taking them out is a waste of money and an embarrassing personal vendetta on the part of Doug Ford. It is juvenile, ill advised, wasteful and dangerous.
Removing freshly installed curb seperated bike lanes is not wise.
The lanes on Bloor were just installed after years of construction. They are curb seperated keeping bikers safer from traffic.
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