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121575

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I am a resident in Etobicoke who lives just north of Royal York and Bloor. I have lived in this area all my life. The introduction of bike lanes has changed our community for the worse. Read more

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121576

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I strongly oppose Bill 212. I bike to work 2-3 times per week (on the Bloor and Young lanes) and also bike as a volunteer delivery rider for the Toronto Bike Brigade 1-2 times per week (all over the city). Read more

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121577

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I am someone who regularly commutes between the downtown core of Toronto, the suburbs of Scarborough, Aurora and Mississauga. I drive, ttc and go regularly and I cannot understand how this government still operates like its the 1950s. Read more

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121578

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I think some critical and outside the box thinking needs to come into play here. How do we get the best of both worlds? How do we all get where we’re going and keep each other safe? Can we merge some of the wide sidewalks to include a bike path? Can we widen any of these streets? .. Read more

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121579

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Removing the bike lanes is a foolish, short sighted, and deeply undemocratic. It infringes on the city of Toronto’s authority. It undermines the consultation process; reveres progress in reducing carbon emissions; and eliminates a safe method of active transportation. Read more

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121581

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Moving away from sustainable transportation strategy which actually promotes a cleaner, greener, happier and healthier City is totally unacceptable and appalling. As a tax payer, it is unacceptable for me to use tax money to rip out an infrastructure which should actually be more common. Read more

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121582

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The Evidence is Clear: Toronto's Bike Lanes Should Stay. It’s better for the city in every way. We should not waste our energy into this, it would be an embarrassing for a city as developed as ours to do this. People will cycle anyways, making driving more slow and dangerous. Read more

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121585

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Removing bike lanes that the tax payers of Toronto have already paid for and are using is not only a highest degree of disrespect to them, but also to the rest of Ontarians; it goes well against of the government’s mandate to be fiscally responsible. Read more

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121586

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Safe Streets Halton Inc.; BurlingtonGreen Environmental Association; Oakvillegreen Conservation Association; Climate Action Halton Hills; Halton Environmental Network

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As representatives for Safe Streets Halton, Oakvillegreen Conservation Association, BurlingtonGreen Environmental Association, Climate Action Halton Hills, and Halton Environmental Network, we are writing to express our concern for the recently tabled Bill 212. Read more

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121587

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Traffic slowdowns caused by removing lanes of traffic to create bicycle-only lanes are damaging Toronto resident's quality of life and causing economic harm. The bike lanes are almost deserted most of the time. This is a mind -boggling misallocation of precious street space. Read more

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121588

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I live at woodbine/Danforth. I live on Woodbine directly. Very little traffic for bikes on either woodbine or Danforth. Could we implement a trigger that identified how many bikes travel these routes. Read more

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121589

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TORONTO NEEDS BIKE LANES! It should be a municipal decision as opposed to a provincial one when deciding when to axe or create bike lanes. Think about the people living and working in the city of Toronto and their needs! Read more

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121590

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The current Ontario Government. proposals are entirely backward and do not reflect the present and future transportation needs and realities. There are more bicycles on this planet than automobiles.

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121591

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I am opposed to this Billl. Removing bike lanes will endanger my life and those of my loved ones Research has repeatedly shown that widening roads makes congestion worse We need to dramatically reduce carbon emissions, and encouraging people to bike is an important part of this reduction Read more

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121593

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Taking out existing bike lanes is a terrible idea. Data does not support this action as being a way to solve gridlock in the city. The lane closures due to building construction have the most impact on creating gridlock. Read more

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121594

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Why We Should Remove Bike Lanes in Big Cities 1. Increased Traffic Jams Bike lanes often take up valuable road space, reducing the number of lanes available for cars. This causes severe congestion on major roads, leading to longer commutes and frustration for motorists. Read more

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121595

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Leave the bike lanes in. They save lives. They’re expensive to remove. People need various modes of transit available to them; cyclists and pedestrians need safe efficient ways to get around. People on bikes, ttc and feet are reducing car traffic. Read more

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121596

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Removing bike lanes to allow for more car usage is seemingly not environmentally sustainable Removing barriers for developers to build a road while the 407 will remain under utilized seems like a waste of economic resources. Read more