While Bill 212, Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024, proposes measures to address traffic issues, it is criticized for not fully solving traffic congestion in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) due to the following reasons:
1. Focus on Highways Over Sustainable Alternatives
Read more
Implementing bike lanes should only be allowed on streets or roads where there are less traffic congestions. Please stop creating more traffic jams as motorized vehicles are the main mode of transportation for the larger population.
RE: Bill 212 – An Act to enact two Acts and amend various Acts with respect to highways,
broadband-related expropriation, and other transportation-related matters (“Reducing
Gridlock, Saving You Time Act”)
Read more
Cycling has been my main mode of transportation in Toronto for 13 years. I love biking; it's cost effective, good exercise, environmentally friendly, time saving, and fun. I commute to work everyday using the Bloor Street bike lane.
Read more
I do not support the removal of existing bike lanes Multiple bike lanes in Toronto have made it easier and safer for me and my kids to get to work, school, and to do errands without using either of our two cars.
Read more
I would hope the environmental review encompasses not just the direct traffic impacts of the bike lanes, but the broader negative community impacts beyond Bloor. The installation of bike lanes has become ideologically driven, without a rigorous assessment of their consequences.
Read more
Gridlock is not a coincident with Toronto's absurdity of building bike lanes. Not only bike lanes should be removed from arteries, they should also be removed from residential streets.
Read more
The ministry proposes to remove existing bike lanes on three streets in downtown Toronto that form the core of the cycling network, linking the downtown to midtown, East York and Etobicoke.
Read more
I strongly oppose any effort to remove bike lanes under Bill 212. Bike lanes are vital for ensuring the safety of cyclists, encouraging sustainable transportation, and reducing traffic congestion.
Read more
Those who bike in the City of Toronto understand how perilous it can be. On many streets, arterial or residential, bikers have to compete with drivers from neighbouring municipalities who are unfamiliar with Toronto’s unspoken yet well-understood ways of the road.
Read more
Bike lanes save lives.
Bill 212 is going to get people killed, all for some ideological war against the people that actually live and pay taxes and work and shop in Toronto.
Shame on anyone that votes for this.
Read more
I do not support the provisions in this bill that would give the provincial government the power and responsibility to approve or to remove bike lanes in a municipality. Decisions about bike lanes on municipal street should be made by the municipal government.
Read more
There is significant evidence to indicate that the degree to which this will improve traffic will be minimal. Also you are removing the ability for local governments to make their own decisions.
I strongly disagree with this bill. I use bike lanes every day to get to work, to visit friends, to go to local shops and restaurants. The expansion of the Toronto bike lane network over the last few years has made my commute much safer.
Read more
Even just the idea of removing these bike lanes is absolutely asinine, ridiculous and unnecessary. As a commuter cyclist, I rely on these lanes to get myself around the city safely and effectively.
Read more
This bill is a misguided attempt by the provincial government to exert unearned and targeted power over municipalities and will produce outcomes in total opposition to their stated goals. It should not be enacted.
Read more
I strongly oppose Doug Ford’s bill 212.
I don’t think that Doug Ford’s bill is in the best interest of anyone in Ontario, nor does it represent what people in Ontario want.
Read more
View the comments this notice received through the registry. You can either download them all or search and sort below.
Some comments will not be posted online. Learn more about the comment status and our comment and privacy policies.
Download comments
While Bill 212, Reducing…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121714
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
Implementing bike lanes…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121715
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
RE: Bill 212 – An Act to…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121716
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
Cycling has been my main…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121717
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
As a lifelong Ontario…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121718
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
I do not support the removal…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121720
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
We are fully supportive of…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121721
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
I would hope the…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121723
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
I support these proposals…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121724
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
Gridlock is not a coincident…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121725
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
The ministry proposes to…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121726
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
I strongly oppose any effort…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121727
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
Those who bike in the City…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121728
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
Bike lanes save lives. Bill…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121730
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
I do not support the…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121731
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
There is significant…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121732
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
I strongly disagree with…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121733
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
Even just the idea of…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121734
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
This bill is a misguided…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121735
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions
I strongly oppose Doug Ford…
Comment on
Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
Comment ID
121736
Commenting on behalf of
Comment status
Related actions