The idea of removing bike lanes to help the flow of traffic is completely neanderthal thinking. Cars and parking create more traffic, not a small, protected lane that allows for speedy bicycles to pass through.
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The introduction of this Bill is an asinine use of taxpayer money and represents a gross overreach of provincial power. The province should not be micromanaging transportation issues on the municipal level which are confined to said municipality.
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As a person who uses the bike lane often. Around 2-3 times a week, the increase amount of bike lanes over the past year has allowed and encouraged me to bike more often rather than using any other forms of transit especially the bloor and the university bike lanes.
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Local politicians are given the responsibility for traffic planning in our cities. Their job is to arrange roads in a way that benefits ALL road users - that includes cyclists and pedestrians.
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This is egregious. Provincial government is overreaching. I elected a municipal government based on her bike lane policies for it now to be overruled by the province is ridiculous.
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This bill is overwhelmingly a bad idea. I cannot believe that in 2024 our provincial government is actively trying to take away an environmentally friendly option for transportation. What our communities need are more options and better safety measures to encourage safe biking practices.
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This legislation is ridiculous and will not get people moving. The government should focus more on getting in-progress transit lines open than bike lanes. People use bike lanes because of traffic. More people travel by bike lanes than people who get delayed.
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This is a horrible proposal. Bike lanes are not causing the traffic congestion, traffic does. Removing bike lanes reduces the number of people biking due to dangers of sharing the road with the vehicles, forcing them to use vehicles — and more cars create more congestions.
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1) stop wasting my tax dollars. I thought your government was “fiscally responsible”
2) bike lane saves lives
3) bike lanes get cars off the road
4) please stay with provincial matter
It is very clear that the current Government of Ontario either does not care about research or logic. The bike lanes in this city do not cause congestion, cars do.
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As someone who does not own a car and uses a bicycle as my main mode of transportation, I am appalled that the government of Ontario wants to put my life in danger by removing the bike lanes and forcing me to bike in live traffic where I would be taking up a lane and biking at 15km/h at my top speed
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I do not support this bill. Removing existing bicycle lanes is an enormous waste of taxpayer money which actively worsens commutes for many users. Forcing cyclists to use traffic lanes makes commutes more slower, more dangerous and more stressful for all parties.
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There are numerous studies that show bike lanes and bikes reduce congestion in the urban areas because they reduce car dependency. If you use common sense, the amount a space car takes is way more than the amount of space a bike takes.
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This is overreach by the Provincial government. Municipal matters should be left in the hands of the municipalities, including bike lanes. DO NOT allow this to pass as it will irreparably harm Toronto and increase our gridlock problem rather than solve it.
I am writing to express my objections to this bill, which requires provincial
- The province is willing to waste our tax payer dollar ripping up already existing infrastructure.
- This bill adds unnecessary layers of red-tape to the approval process
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Why and how is increasing red tape beneficial to any Ontarians? This legislation is being introduced because a tiny part upper class Torontonians are mad that they don't get exclusivity in one part of their lives.
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This is ridiculous - bicycle lanes are necessary for protecting cyclists, and do not impede traffic. To reduce traffic, we should be encouraging other forms of transportation, including cycling.
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