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[–] 15 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The people who are voting for Ford are rural and suburban people who have only driven a car their entire lives to get to school, work, groceries, etc. Most of Ontario is not walkable or bikeable. So if you've only ever gotten places by driving in a car your whole life, why would you want bike lanes? Why not just get a car? Source: I lived in suburban hell my whole life until 2015. Literally nobody gave a shit about any transportation method other than their car.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago*

    Yeah, honestly, you don't have to go that far to get to a point where biking becomes hellish. By the time you hit St. Clair the cycling network is already sparse, which in turn makes driving easier / necessary, which then makes people more car focused.

    It's a feedback loop problem that can go either direction. I genuinely think that Ford and his friends are just fucking morons and don't understand how self defeating they're being in the long run.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago

    So if you’ve only ever gotten places by driving in a car your whole life, why would you want bike lanes?

    Because bike lanes get the cyclists out of the car drivers' way. No bike lane = cars stuck behind the bike.

    Bike lanes are car infrastructure, not bike infrastructure. If it weren't for cars, bike lanes wouldn't be necessary.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    not buying a car is an attack on Canadian Auto Workers

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  • [–] 0 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Then I have been waging war for decades

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    Before I heard the concept of a 15min city I lived my life like this. I do not and never have driven and see no reason to change. I live down town and our busses though tedious do run regular, more than can be said of our rail. I can't count how much I have saved in gas, maintenance, and repairs

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