🚴 Why Are Bike Lanes So Controversial? Doug Ford’s Push to Remove Toronto’s Bike Lanes Explained!

Bike lanes are essential for building sustainable, efficient cities, but Ontario’s Premier, Doug Ford, has stirred up controversy with recent comments about removing bike lanes in Toronto. 🚲 This video breaks down the importance of bike lanes and the impact of Doug Ford’s proposal on Toronto’s streets, traffic, and public safety.

Join us as we explore:
🌍 Why bike lanes matter for safer, cleaner, and more connected cities
💡 The surprising benefits of bike lanes—from reducing traffic congestion to boosting local businesses
💥 The potential consequences of losing Toronto’s bike lanes on community health and city life

Is removing bike lanes a step backward for urban development and sustainable transportation? Or are there other perspectives at play? Let’s dig into what this decision could mean for Toronto’s future and the broader urban planning landscape.

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7 Comments

  1. I say they are not really necessary. If you are too fearful to be out in the main road with the traffic
    you should not be on the road in the first place! The space should be multi use. What makes me mad
    is having parking out in the middle of the street. Traffic and bike lanes, but NO on street parking!

  2. Bike lanes are the future (in better places they're the present), and the new ones Doug plans on ripping out will go right back in in a few years. But he's happy to waste tax dollars and put more cars on the road.

  3. Life-line that services 1.2% of Toronto commuters and removes lanes from arterial roads used by 70% of commuters. 🤣

    1) Cyclists don't have to ride on arterial roads. Bring Uni back to 3 lanes in each direction at 60km, and cyclists can ride in a bike lane on St. George.
    2) Cyclists don't have to exercise in traffic, during rush hour. There are lots of bike paths that aren't part of the road system and way safer.
    3) Cyclists can buy a Presto pass…it's way safer than riding in traffic.

    It's about time somebody brought some common sense to Toronto…way too many activists on city council.

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