12-29-2024, 02:10 PM
(12-28-2024, 03:38 PM)Momo26 Wrote: Just caught a commercial of Ford's on YT I think where he days we are REMOVING bike lanes.
I know much as been said on the topic already but look at that approach. Wise or wicked?
You don't hear of that previously? Ford started amping up that CultureWar™ battle back in October and the law requiring municipalities to consult with the Province on any bike lane infrastructure that affects car lanes back in October. He also wants to remove three specific, well-used bike lanes in Toronto because he wrong thinks they cause traffic congestion and the Ford Government had to resort to using 10-20 year old cycling stats to make a half-assed attempt to "prove" their case.
Definitely not wise, as bike lanes provide alternate, more efficient means of transportation around a city and getting rid of them or disallowing new ones only means more cars and more traffic on roads that are already too full and cannot be expanded.
And disallowing injury law suits by cyclists who get injured on routes where bike lanes were removed against governments who do so is most assuredly wicked.