Doug Ford’s budget will target more Toronto bike lanes (www.thestar.com)

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

They are planning to remove bike lanes from these streets:

Bloor
Yonge
University Ave
Queen's Park Crescent
Avenue Road

The first 3 were already proposed last year, but a provincial judge temporarily blocked it. This year they've proposed removal from two more streets.

Removing bike lanes from Uni Ave is criminal. It is used by many students. So sad.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for listing it all out!

It is used by just as many healthcare workers too who were the primary driver behind getting them built. Mount Sinai Hospital and Sick Kids strongly opposed Bill 212. It will clog the roads with car traffic and those who continue to cycle will be in danger.

63% of Mount Sinai Hospital staff cycle to work.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

The ones on Bloor west of Runnymede at least made some sense because of the loud minority in Etobicoke who hated them. The rest have been around longer, and I don't see what votes he's winning by doing it.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Agreesd, Ford is going to push lots of Toronto even further away from the cons with this move. It only pleases the outer suburbs, even though it worsens their commute by forcing more people to drive and add to the car traffic.

The loud minority was shooting Bloor West in the foot. The Bloor West BIA used to oppose bike lanes until they changed their minds after they went in and saw the positive impacts. They are now defending them, backed by several economic impact studies which found that 90% of customers arrived by foot, bicycle, or transit. This is consistent with similar situations around the world.

Turning the bike lane back into roadside parking and short sections of car lanes before the next chokepoint will be bad for business and cost lives.

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