My husband was almost killed in a hit in and run two years. And is dealing with the aftermath. Had the road he’d been had a bike a lane, it’s likely the affects would have been a lot less severe. By removing these important safety protections, lives are being put at risk.
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It is disingenuous to say this bill is about reducing gridlock when research shows that bike lanes do just that, and when the proposal itself recognizes other factors causing the traffic congestion.
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I support bike lanes because they improve safety for bikers by a lot. I limit my biking in Toronto to mostly streets with bike lanes. I'd be very disappointed if existing bike lanes were removed - we need more, not less.
I am opposed to Premier Ford's Bill 212 for many reasons:
1. We need to dramatically reduce carbon emissions, and encouraging people to bike is an important part of this reduction. As ever, the present government is ignoring the the climate crisis.
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No No No No No!!!!!!!!!!! To Bill 212
Bike lanes are essential! For the safety and health of everyone including the planet.
don’t spend more money ripping up bikes lanes to allow for more cars that will cause more congestion and more pollution.
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I am against Bill 212 as it will result in the opposite of what the name of the Bill is. By removing bike lanes, it will encourage cyclist to go back to driving and increase the number of vehicles on the road.
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Sure there’s gridlock in the city but it’s not all because of the bike lanes. There’s a lot of construction. Road maintenance. New buildings are going up all over the city and their dump trucks and delivery trucks line up on our residential streets.
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I am fully against the removal of mobility lanes as cycling this is the most efficient and quickest mode of transportation along these highly traveled lanes.
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I believe the province is wrong to interfere with bike lanes in Toronto. I live in Etobicoke very close to Bloor Street. This is a community that is growing at an enormous rate. Expecting cars to have priority is unsustainable because of the population surge.
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This is unacceptable. We need more bike lanes not remove them. All the money spent to create them, just to spend more to take them away again, that is just insanity.
We need to encourage Torontonians to ride their bikes not get in their cars.
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Thank goodness someone is listening to constituents, as our municipal politicians do what they want rather than we what constituents want or what is best for all Torontonians.
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I am an Ontario resident and am strongly opposed to proposed Bill 212 Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, until the provisions regarding removing the bike lanes from Toronto’s Yonge Street, Bloor Street, and University Avenue, are deleted from the bill.
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There are so many reasons to keep bike lanes in Toronto but I will just mention three. The first is that if people are on their bikes, they are not in their cars. So it keeps cars off of the roads, which will help decrease gridlock.
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Aside from underuse, horrible aesthetics and contributing to unsafe cycling, the narrowing of Yonge Street has created an unsafe situation for emergency vehicles. Further, there are multiple times during the day when traffic does not move and vehicles are idling and producing pollution.
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As a conservative, and as a one-time member of the Ontario PCs, I consider the proposed elimination of bicycle lanes to be a very UNconservative action. Conservatives are supposed to favour efficiency and practicality, both of which characteristics of bicycles.
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I strongly oppose Bill 212 as it represents an overreach of provincial powers into municipal responsibilities. As a concerned citizen, I believe that any decision regarding bike lanes should be left to local governments who have a better understanding of their communities' needs and priorities.
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As a lifelong Torontonian and someone who once believed that cars were the most efficient way to get around, my perspective changed when I moved downtown and began commuting daily by bike.
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