Bike lanes are extremely important and removing them will actually cause more car congestion than reduce it. I use the bike lanes to travel 6km to work which takes me about 25min.
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Please do not get rid of bike lanes!! Bike lanes make people feel safer biking and encourage more people to bike. Focus instead on increasing reliable, accessible public transit so people do not feel they have to take their cars to travel the city!!
To reduce gridlock, the only option is to provide viable public transportation - cities and province should get together to design a plan to never (never!!!) stop building public transportation options in all cities and between the cities/towns.
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I have been riding my bike with my 9 yo daughter all around the west end of the city since Covid. Separated bike lanes means we can get to school, go shopping, and out to eat stress free.
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As someone who lives 4 hours away from Toronto, I am perplexed by this bill that will seemingly be used to justify ripping up bike lanes in Toronto. Why should provincial tax dollars be used in this manner? Especially considering the price tag will be in the millions.
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We need out bike lanes. My family has been using our bikes, in Toronto, since 1959. My husband and I taught our children to ride when they were young. While we kept the younger ones on the sidewalk as they grew older they used the rode with us.
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Why is the provincial government interfering with municipal government decisions? If voters disagree with bike likes let them vote in a different municipal government.
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This bill is a complete overstep and inappropriate use of provincial power that is purely political and not a result of informed decision making. Leave city planning to municipalities who are more connected to communities and informed on what they need.
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I am an arts & culture worker, former urban planner, cyclist, driver, and pedestrian residing in Toronto. I am vehemently opposed to Bill 212 and its unfounded claims.
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I ride my bike to work, and use the bloor and university bike lanes daily. My neighbourhood is the southwest of downtown is not easy to reach by transit, and riding my bike to my office downtown cuts my commute times significantly, sometimes in half.
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The bike lane proposals are counterproductive. Removing the Toronto bike lanes will cost public money, increase congestion, and worsen safety for bicycle users. Municipalities know their traffic patterns and needs best.
I write to comment against the implementation of bill 212, especially sections revolving around the provinces mean to overstep on municipal decisions on street design.
There are many issues with the bill so I will split it up into sections. They will be as follows:
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I use the cities bike lanes everyday. It’s the only way to feel safe while commuting. Not only are the bike lanes integral to the cities ecosystem, but they also create a more financially equitable path to travel. As a woman I do not feel safe on the txt at night, so I either have to Uber or bike.
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Please do not remove the bike lanes. What a stupid backwards move!
Please look to the future. If the traffic is heavy, more and more people will use bike lanes!
The Ontario government's proposal to remove sections of the bike lanes on Bloor Street, Yonge Street, and University Avenue in Toronto is a deeply misguided step that goes against the needs of the city, its residents, and the environment.
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This bill shouldn't be passed because it's completely missing the mark of why traffic becomes congested in the first place and laying blame on bike lanes.
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As someone who lives and works downtown I believe this proposed law will only increase gridlock. People on bicycles take up far less space and evidence from other cities shows us that bike lanes reduce traffic.
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This bill is so short sighted. Congestion is not caused by cyclists or cycle lanes. It is created by cars with single occupants driving short distances. Some of the worst roads for congestion are ones where there are no cycle lanes.
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