Toronto Cycling

The screenshot was taken from a live stream at 1:30pm on a Wednesday, not during long-weekend rush hour.

The Gardiner, just like the 401 and the DVP, are a traffic nightmare nearly all the time, yet they don't have bike lanes on them.

This isn't some strange coincidence or conspiracy.

Car dependency, rather than people riding bikes, taking public transit, or walking, is the real problem causing traffic and gridlock.

Which one of you is this?

Just a little PSA in case you guys get the same.

I'd usually hang up when I get political calls or surveys, but I made it very clear that Doug Ford will not get my support specifically because of Bill 212.

And if the NDP or Liberals call, I will thank them for opposing Bill 212.

There it is, folks, the Ford Government wants us dead.

I was never a hostile cyclist, but I guess I'll need to become one in order to fight against this war for personal safety.

Here's to hoping that DoFo and his cult get stuck in traffic for an eternity.

CBC Article From The Latest Nov 23 Protest

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-bike-lane-removal-bill-protest-1.7391886?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Overwhelming support for the #Toronto protests to save bike lanes.

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These protest signs of Doug Ford's authoritarian #Bill212 just keep getting better and better.

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I survived 22 seconds
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Absolutely heartbreaking. Seeing where this crash took place, I can only guess that the driver failed to stop and ran right through the cross-ride.

You guys make me so proud! Keep the pressure up!

Forget the misleading bike use numbers, the low rate of people using their car is fascinating!

Ford makes it seem like 99% of the Toronto population are driving everywhere with their cars.

While traffic congestion makes it seem like everyone is driving, the reality is that fewer than 40% are in the areas that Ford wants bike lanes removed.

So why on earth do we allocate so many resources to car traffic?????

100% of the people living in the city suffer because of cars, parking lot space, noise pollution, air pollution, lack of safety for pedestrians, congestion causing all other forms of transportation to be slower.

Wouldn't it make more sense to give car traffic less priority, and other forms of transportation more? Between cycling and non-car users, car drivers are the minority, yet they demand every square inch to themselves!

Why do we continue to allow this entitlement?

Sarkaria (Ontario's transportation minister) said Friday that only 1.2 per cent of people use those bike lanes to commute to work, compared with 70 per cent who drive, and the lanes are taking away nearly half of the infrastructure on those roads, making commutes longer for drivers.

Why hasn't anyone challenged the use of that statistic?

Commuting isn't the only way to use transportation infrastructure and bike lanes, so it's incredibly dishonest to say that "only 1.2%" are using those particular bike lanes.

If I use bike lanes for 100% of my errands and 0% for commuting, does that invalidate those lanes?

By the same token, at what point would they consider removing sidewalks if people aren't using them specifically to walk to work?

Why would he stop at removing bike lanes?

The MTO is on his side, and when his plan to reduce and remove bike lanes fails to ease traffic congestion (hint: because they aren't causing it), why wouldn't he go after banning all cycling from major roads using the same reasoning (that cycling itself is the cause of all our traffic problems)?

I don't see any end to his overreach, and it'll be a matter of time before ebikes, then regular bikes, become highly restricted in Ontario.

Convince me otherwise.

I wish I could have been there!

And 500+ people attended, at 5pm on a weekday? Imagine how many thousands would have turned up if this took place on a weekend!

Keep up the pressure, guys!

So, when this plan inevitably results in MORE traffic congestion, who will Ford target next? Pedestrians and the removal of sidewalks?

And Transportation Minister Sarkaria should honestly be ashamed of himself for the way he blames and attacks cycling infrastructure. Is he the transportation minister or the cars-only minister?

“They are not safe. They are anything but for safety,” said a woman who added vehicles in the two-block section sometimes drive in the middle of Springbrook to avoid the bollards.

Oh, so drivers behind of the wheel of an automobile are the danger. Why remove the bike lanes rather than the car lanes?

I heard that Etobicoke's NIMBYs are insane, but this is a new level of stupidity from Richmond Hill.

Just put it on the side streets - Doug Ford's gaslighting compromise might work in some cities like Montreal and Vancouver but aren't well suited for Toronto and its suburbs.