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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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Bill 212 is disturbing. It's not about bike lanes. It's about the province coming in to take control of what is happening at the municipal level. The province shouldn't be able to undo local decisions. It's a huge overstep.

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I am greatly in favour of preserving existing bike lanes and expanding the ability to cycle in Toronto. The best bike lanes are the ones with a barrier separating them from the lanes used by cars. These should exist where possible and not be removed.

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Over the past 30 years, I have witnessed Montreal’s remarkable transformation from having no bike lanes to an extensive network of them. As bike lanes have proliferated, car traffic has noticeably decreased. Read more

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I am against removing the existing bike lanes. More people biking means less people in cars. If you take out the lanes, you either force cyclists into regular traffic (slower behind a cyclist, or more accidents that can seriously harm/kill cyclists), or make them get into a car instead. Read more

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Against bill 212 I strongly believe that we must keep all bike lanes. Currently we can commute to work with bikes almost all year round with out bikes. Bikes do not pollute our struggling environment. Read more

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The removal of these bike lanes will directly impact my safety as a cyclist. I plan my commute based on the existence of these separated bike lanes, as I am safer separated from vehicle traffic. Read more

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Removing bike lanes is a waste of tax paper money. It will put cyclist's lives in jeopardy and create unsafe roads for all users. This is a bill to remove bike lanes runs contrary to the know facts about bikes lanes (based on years of evidence and scholarly research). The bill must stop. Read more

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What an atrocious thing that Premier Ford is attempting to do. Removing bike lanes will do NOTHING to stop congestion. My father rode his bicycle to and from work (north from South Etobicoke, from Lakeshore along Kipling and/or Islington) nearly every day for work before he retired. Read more

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Bike lanes keep bikers safe. Imagine if we didn't have sidewalks. City residents bike, walk, drive, and take the bus. There is room for everyone to get around safely, and the bike lanes protect people. Those making these decisions don't bike so they don't know the importance first hand. Read more

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The Ford government is so short sighted. We need to encourage people to get out of their single occupancy cars and use more bikes, e-bikes, and public transportation. It will be better for the environment and for people’s health and safety. Read more

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Bike lanes and pedestrian infrastructure make cities more livable and safer for pedestrians and bikers. It has been shown in numerous economic studies that slow human traffic stimulates businesses along its path. Read more

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Let the people decide on bike lanes, don’t take it away from us. If we think a bike lane should or shouldn’t be built, we go to our councillors, and the city pays for it. Read more

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Earlier this year I witnessed a deadly bike accident in which a woman in her 20s, who was forced to join traffic when a portion of a bike lane was closed, was hit and killed by a dump truck. Ripping up bike lanes will, without a doubt, cause more deaths of young cyclists in Toronto. Read more

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As a concerned resident of Ontario, I oppose the government’s proposed Bill 212 – the Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024. Specifically, I oppose the provision calling for the removal of bike lanes on key Toronto streets such as Bloor Street, Yonge Street, and University Avenue. Read more

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Where are th bikes going to go after you remove the bike lanes? Middle of the actual lane? I will be as drivers can be dangerously close and drive dangerously fast when "sharing" the road.

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