I was born and have always lived in Bloor West Village. It is a neighbourhood of families, many with strollers, and older people like myself. I walk and shop on Bloor Street, take public transportation - especially when going downtown - and ride my bike to get to other cycle paths.
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Bill 212 should not move forward. It will not reduce gridlock, it will not save you time and it actively puts lives at stake and wastes taxpayers money. Not only that, but we've developed the EA process for a reason - to reduce risk to the natural environment, our waterways and farmland.
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I am very opposed to this proposal. The provincial government should stay out of municipal decisions of this sort; otherwise it is impossible to put any faith in the planning process in Ontario. The bike lanes on Bloor will in the end prove to be a benefit.
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Parts of the Bloor have bike lanes (ie west of south kingsway) that are under utilized. I take that road in the evenings (during rush hour) a few times a week. It's frustrating to sit in traffic - single file, while the bike lanes sit unused.
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And a cyclist in Toronto for more than a decade, this bill makes no sense - it will cause more traffic, cost taxpayers millions of dollars, and put people in harms way, likely causing deaths.
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The bike lanes are effective in preventing accidents and keeping cyclists safe. Non motorized transportation methods are becoming more popular. It’s such an incredibly bad idea (and such a waste of money) and a huge overstep in the province’s role in city planning to remove such lanes.
This proposal is ludicrous and not rooted in any evidence. The trend AROUND the WORLD is to increase cycling and other sustainable transportation infrastructure and reduce dependence on single occupancy vehicular traffic.
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I have lived in Toronto my entire life, and have used all forms of transportation in this city, from buses to bikes to cars to trains. The bike lanes added on Bloor St.
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Please don’t remove bike lanes. They keep people safe (ie. reduce deaths). Their removal will do nothing to increase car traffic. Car traffic is getting worse largely because there are too many cars, not because of bike lanes.
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There is no research to support removing bike lanes will decrease grid lock. I promise you that my bike commute up younge st every morning to work will significantly increase gridlock when I slow all the cars behind me down (I have a single speed road bike, no electric power)
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Please do not remove the bike lanes. As a resident of High Park, I find them to be incredibly useful in my commute. This summer I had the most fun cycling from Point A to Point B. It empowers people who do not have access to a car.
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Ontario's Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, which aims to improve transportation infrastructure and reduce traffic congestion, is a proposal that may sound promising on the surface, but upon closer examination, it reveals several flaws that could worsen the problem it seeks to address and ulti
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Didn’t the city just pay millions of municipal tax dollars to install these bike lanes in the past 10 years? Why does the provincial government have jurisdiction over the cities affairs as though they are provincial affairs?
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EVERYBODY should be extremely concerned and disturbed about this plan.
Drivers - should be concerned because without bike lanes, you'll have to share the lane. Besides, most bike lanes used to be parking, and most still offer part of the space for parking.
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Why is Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time more important than people's lives? These routes, although used heavily by cars, are also key routes for cyclists to get around the city. Removal of the lanes will push them on to the road, where they will face aggression from drivers for being there.
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I agree with Premier Ford. Toronto Council did not adequately consult with Toronto taxpayers - which I am one. The bike lines make traffic worse - not only reducing productive work hours but interfere with emergency vehicle response.
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I'm pleased to see the action taken to remove these bike lanes. I don't disagree with bike lanes in principle, but they should not reduce traffic lanes by 50% on very busy 'throughway' streets.
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