This is ridiculous legislation at a time when we should be encouraging people to reduce reliance on private automobiles in our increasingly densely populated cities.
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Bill 212 is the wrong decision for Ontario. This is a provincial overreach in municipal affairs that will negatively impact municipal planning decisions, and offers no benefit to residents.
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If you take out the bike lane, me and every other cyclist will simply use the car lane. In fact, I will personally make it my mission to commute past your riding every single day on my bike. I will take the lane as allowed by law.
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This is a terrible idea. Bike lanes facilitate micro mobility of all sorts and we need to expand them even if it means removing a car lane. It seems like Ford overall just hates Toronto and creates laws because he is still upset that he lost the mayoral race.
I disagree with these changes. These bike lanes have just been built and this is only a waste of money and will not improve gridlock that has been there for YEARS.
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As a Toronto resident who drives, bikes and walks around the GTA, here’s why I oppose the bike lane removal and suggest what the government can do instead (even though municipal affairs are not your accountability)
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Studies from around the world show bike lanes ease congestion, reduce emissions and are a boon to businesses
This is a disastrous idea that is not based on science. Bike lanes reduce traffic- leave them where they are, and make new ones!
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Bike lanes save lives, increase the number of available parking spaces, reduce noise pollution, and reduce traffic. A city designed to prioritize drivers is a city which reinforces classism.
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If this was a priority for the people of my municipality we could speak up at election time. It is ironic that while the province talks to the overreach of the feds out of one side of its mouth it does exactly the same thing to municipal governments out of the other side (repeatedly).
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Bad decision. We need to be moving AWAY from car based transport, not toward. The constructing of bike lanes should be smooth and without bureaucratic interference.
This is an unacceptable decision by the Ontario government. Taking away a municipality’s authority to build infrastructure that supports its citizens is a ridiculous Big Government move and not why you were elected. It is a waste of taxpayer’s dollars to rip out key infrastructure.
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I am a medical student living in downtown Toronto. I ride my bike to and from the hospital each morning and can do so safely because of the protected bike lanes on university and elsewhere in the city.
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These bike lanes that the government of Ontario wants to rip up out of our cities keep our citizens safe and keeps them moving efficiently. The bike lanes on these roads are not the cause of the traffic, and removal of the bike lanes will result in the traffic remaining the same, or getting worse.
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I strongly oppose this legislation. I believe municipalities should maintain control over decisions about things like bike and traffic lanes.
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The decision of bike lanes belongs to the city or town, not the province. Bike lanes, or lack of bike lanes, provides the "character" of the city which is the responsibility of the city, not the province. "Character" includes safety and traffic flow and convenience and much more.
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Bill 212 is the wrong…
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Hello, There are so many…
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If you take out the bike…
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This is a terrible idea…
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This proposal is a waste of…
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ridiculous, let cities make…
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As a Toronto resident who…
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Studies from around the…
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Bike lanes save lives,…
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Bad decision. We need to be…
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THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN! Bike…
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Bike lanes are here to stay!
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These bike lanes that the…
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