The proposed removal of bike infrastructure along University, Bloor, and Yonge in Toronto seems to be an illogical one. University in particular is still able to have 2-3 lanes of car traffic despite the bike lanes that Ford deems as intrusive to cars.
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I hope Toronto MPPs step up here to challenge the Premier. How does ripping out bike lanes reduce congestion on the provincial 400 series highways, the real problem?
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This act is a waste of taxpayer money and time. As a driver, I want bike lanes because I feel that cyclists on the street are far more likely to contribute to gridlock than cyclistss in bike lanes. Removing existing infrastructure, as proposed, is a waste of taxpayer money.
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The provincial government shouldn’t be adding red tape and bureaucracy to slow down local governments trying to increase transportation options.
We need to think about safety, providing options for vulnerable users, instead of maximizing the number of cars on the road.
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Do not remove the bike lanes. Try to think about the people who choose to bike, and why they choose to bike. Protect people who want to bike just like you protect people who want to drive. Please don't treat cyclists like a fringe group.
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Ripping out bike infrastructure in favour of cars is arbitrary and backward. It is unbelievable that people believe that a 2-3 meter wide bike lane used by thousands of people every single day is useless and causes congestion.
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Schedule 4 of this bill is a massive mistake. It completely overrides a city's sovereignty to control their streets. City's still deserve control over their streets, the Province doesn't get to step in just because the road they want to control is wide.
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I believe if this bill truly is looking to reduce congestion it should be looking to increase alternatives transports infrastructure such as train bus bike or walking. The idea that you can reduce traffic with wider faster roads has been proven to be false in every attempt world wide.
The removal of bike lanes in the most used streets is a terrible idea as well as a very selfish one. Just because the people who make, signs, and enact bills in Ontario doesn’t use them does not mean that they are not crucial for the function of Toronto.
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This should not be under provincial control. The removal of these bike lanes will just set back plans in progress to build a better, and more public transportation in Toronto.
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The best way to reduce traffic congestion is to provide people with alternative modes of transportation. When you build bike lanes, it allows more people to use bikes, therefore less people using cars, which in turn means more room on the road for people who want to use cars.
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Your proposed legislation that will result in the removal of bike lanes in the city of Toronto as well as prior approval from the Provincial Government does not take into account:
- the safety of cyclists
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How does forcing me to turn my 30 min bike commute into a 50 min bus ride save me time? How does forcing me to buy a car and put on the road reduce gridlock?
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This bill is very misguided. Removing existing bike lanes and / or preventing new ones being buikt will not improve traffic. It will make it worse by forcing more cars on the road, and will increase collisions between bikes and cars.
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I am strongly against this bill and believe that it should be revised to be rooted in scientific evidence. At the moment as the bill stands it is will waste taxpayer dollars on a project that the people who live in the city do not want.
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