I strongly disagree with the content of Bill 212. Scientific evidence suggests that bike lanes often reduce traffic, as does common sense (the square footage of a bike is significantly less than that of a motor vehicle, and is therefore a more efficient form of travel).
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This is ridiculous. It’s essentially making Toronto LESS safe for vulnerable road users that are part of a viable, sustainable and environmentally friendly solution to the traffic problem.
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The proposal, approval, and creation of bike lanes should be handled at the municipal level. The provincial government should be available for consultation and potential “green” incentive funding for this and similar environmentally-friendly initiatives.
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Bill 212 is not in line with building our province in an environmental and energy-efficient track. We need to go forward in protecting our living and transportation spaces, and by encouraging and supporting bike lanes, we'll REDUCE not INCREASE congestion and save the air for breathing.
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Bike lakes are key to keeping me and my kids safe as we get around the city to school, work, sports practices and family gatherings. I believe that the network of bike lanes needs to be a priority for the health (physical, environmental and mental) of our communities.
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Dear Premier Ford, Minister Sarkaria, and all involved in this Bill,
As a lifelong resident of Ontario, I am STRONGLY OPPOSED to this proposal and Bill 212 and urge you to ABANDON THIS PROPOSAL in its entirety for the following reasons:
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Bike lanes are a necessary part of any urban infrastructure. They help get people out of cars, which eases congestion and frees up parking. They're hardly "the frontline in a war on cars".
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Please don't remove bike lanes at great cost to the taxpayer. Build more transit instead of accommodating the car. All the great cities in the world have good transit and bike infrastructure.
I have been cycling in the city for 30 years. And over this period, the bike lanes that have been added to the city infrastructure have greatly improved safety for everyone - cyclists, pedestrians and cars.
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I strongly oppose Bill 212, as it rests on the assumption that removing bike lanes will significantly ease traffic congestion. Driving in the city has become nearly impossible, underscoring the urgent need for robust alternative transportation options—not more of the same.
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The proposal to remove bike lanes is ludicrous and a drastic overreach of the provincial government.
The reintroduction of traffic lanes on these streets will simply increase the volume of cars on the road, it will not solve congestion.
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I don't want to be killed on the road.
I don't want to have higher medical premiums and taxes for others hurt on the roads.
Data shows this will hurt businesses.
Keep the lanes, stay out of city business.
Claiming that bike lanes significantly impede traffic is short-sighted and ignores the broader benefits they bring to cities. Removing them would be downright foolish, as bike lanes reduce the number of cars on the road by encouraging people to use alternative, sustainable transportation.
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This is just a hateful move against Toronto residents. Bicycle infrastructure has proved to improve quality of living in Toronto. People are healthier when they exercise, and cyclists and drivers are safer when bicycle lanes exist.
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I am a parent and commute through the downtown core to take my kid to school and myself to work. The bike routes are the only ways I can ensure I can get to my kid safely to school across midtown to the west end.
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Rather than ripping up bike lanes that help the people that actually live in Toronto and keep them safer the Province should stay in their own lane and stop trying to micro manage municipal affairs.
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Removing bike lanes has been proven to NOT ease congestion and gridlock. We should be encouraging transportation that doesn’t involve cars. Build public transit!
I am STRONGLY OPPOSED to the removal of bike lanes on Bloor Street, Yonge Street, and University Avenue in Toronto. The idea that the removal will help ease congestion has been shown in various studies to be FALSE.
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as someone who primarily drives in the city, bike lanes make me feel much better about driving on streets like bloor and yonge. these new bike lanes have made the roads safer and should not be removed.
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