Minister of Transportation on Ontario’s plan to remove Toronto bike lanes Ontario’s transportation minister says bike lanes on three major Toronto streets could be removed entirely, not just in sections, under a proposed regulation.
The Progressive Conservative government tabled a bill last week that would require municipalities to ask the province for permission to install bike lanes when they would remove a lane of vehicle traffic. The government has said these bike lanes are contributing to gridlock, a claim critics have disputed.
The province also announced it was moving faster to review and remove bike lanes on sections of Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue through a proposed new rule. Ontario plans to remove Toronto bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge, University
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Speaking to reporters Friday, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria said if the regulation goes through, the province could go much further.
"[All] sections are up for removal," Sarkaria said, adding that the province will have to review where sections would be replaced with lanes for motor vehicles.
"But the entire street, whether it be Yonge Street, whether it be Bloor, whether it be University, can be removed."He said the province has heard complaints of bike lanes on these three streets contributing to traffic problems for motor vehicles and hurting businesses.Many local businesses along these streets have voiced support for the bike lanes. The Bloor-Annex Business Improvement Area, for instance, put out a release last week saying monthly customer spending […]
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