Stop this bill. It is a massively corrupt step backwards. We need bike lanes and we do not need the 413 boondoggle to make Doug's friends rich. If there is any sense of decency in whoever might read this, kill this stupid bill.
I am a Toronto citizen who has benefitted from the Bloor, Yonge, and University bike lanes and am extremely worried and upset that the proposal will remove them - I call on the Ministry of Transportation to continue investigating and heavily consider other avenues of alleviating traffic congestion,
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In addition to wasting taxpayer money, removing bike lanes to add back street parking or driving lanes is empirically ineffective. Toronto, the GTA, and Ontario are fast-growing places and we need to keep up with the times and the needs of the growing population.
Removing bike lanes will only make traffic worse. Please use and reference proper evidence based research for this. Bike lanes are good for urban big cities. Increasing car lanes will only make the environment and traffic worse.
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It seems incredibly wasteful to remove these established bike lanes.
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I am a daily commuter relying on the newly created Avenue Road, and recently updated University and Adelaide bike lanes. I sat through the construction of the bike lanes in the summer on Avenue and dealt with the construction on Adelaide.
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This is the worst idea. Please please look at the evidence- widening roads does not reduce gridlock in the long run! We should be adding more bike lanes- and funding public transit- at all costs. The bike season is only getting longer, and more people are choosing bikes over cars.
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I think that bike lanes are key to allowing for an additional mode of transport into the City. The bike lanes that were developed along Yonge Street are what allowed me to bike into work from North York to downtown. They were invaluable and also provided a safe means of getting to work.
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Hello, I'm a cyclist in Toronto and cycling is my main form of transportation, even into the winter months. It is incredibly disappointing to hear that the premier is overreaching and dealing with municipal affairs instead of managing major provincial issues like healthcare access.
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I use the downtown bike lanes regularly. They make my trips safer and faster. I don't see why my safety should be compromised to accommodate more cars. Removing the bike lanes is costly and won't reduce gridlock; the more cars there are on major streets in Toronto, the worse the traffic will be.
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Ripping out Toronto bike lanes is a terrible proposition, and takes no consideration of data or all the work that's gone into creating them in the first place. There is ZERO evidance removing them will 'help' traffic.
Removing the lanes will:
Reduce safety (look at the data)
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Ripping out Toronto bike lanes is a terrible proposition, and takes no consideration of data or all the work that's gone into creating them in the first place. There is ZERO evidance removing them will 'help' traffic.
Removing the lanes will:
Reduce safety (look at the data)
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This legislation should not become law. Removing existing bike infrastructure is simply a waste of money. Not only that, but it is unlikely to meet the stated goal of reducing gridlock.
I am against Bill 212 – Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024. Removal of bike lanes dramatically endangers cyclists. Construction to remove them creates delays and traffic, environmental waste, and is a waste of taxpayer money.
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There are many ongoing challenges with getting traffic moving in the City of Toronto, and bike lanes are not the biggest culprit.
The Eglinton cross town is years behind schedule - impacting Eglinton businesses and commuters alike. No reason provided for the delays and the overrun.
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Removing bicycle lanes will not result in reduced gridlock , it will only make riding a bicycle more dangerous.
Other cities around the world are waking up and constructing new bicycle lanes and restricting automobile traffic.
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