General cycling issues (Is Toronto bike friendly?)

[txlseries4]

Once act 212 passes the entirety of the bloor, university and yonge bike lanes must be removed as that is what's in the act states. nothing about bloor west is in the act. i expect the removals to start pretty quickly once it passes.

That's now how I read the legislation, and the government has refused to confirm if it's specific sections or if they intend on removing it all. It certainly reads ("shall remove") that something will be removed, but "Subject to any prescribed exceptions or modifications" keeps this from being clear about how much will be impacted.

Existing lanes in the City of Toronto, direction to remove

195.6 Subject to any prescribed exemptions or modifications, the Minister shall remove the bicycle lanes located on Bloor Street, University Avenue and Yonge Street, in the City of Toronto, and any related features, and restore the lanes for use by motor vehicle traffic.

Here's a link to the amendment that I converted to a pdf from the images MPP Jessica Bell shared: https://archive.org/details/amendment_202411

 

[TheGrimSweeper]

Can someone look at this photo on Bloor West and help me understand how removing it will help anything? It's not wide enough to get another lane of traffic.

Are we spending tax money to make a gutter lane? Like what is the point?

 

[bearcat]

Can someone look at this photo on Bloor West and help me understand how removing it will help anything? It's not wide enough to get another lane of traffic.

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If you look at Google Maps street view from let's say 2014 at this location there used to be four car lanes. To restore this stretch back to four car lanes the curb on the south side including the raised bike lane and I guess part of the sidewalk and the raised bus stop in the bike lane would be removed. This would be awful & cost $$$, but Doug does not care, and it is doable.

Imho, this section of Bloor, as well as new section from Spadina to Avenue and the new section of University from College to just before Queen are COMPLETELY INSANE to remove, as this would require probable a full reconstruction of the road, shutting down the roads at least partially for probably many weeks and costing $$$$ to actually unquestionably make traffic WORSE at least in the short term.

Keep in mind two of those sections literally just opened this year, including I think the first fully protected bicycle intersection downtown at St. George, which was probably in the planning for many years. All of this is going to be destroyed.

I legitimately cannot comprehend the idiocy of this government.

 

[txlseries4]

Can someone look at this photo on Bloor West and help me understand how removing it will help anything? It's not wide enough to get another lane of traffic.

Are we spending tax money to make a gutter lane? Like what is the point?

This is what that stretch (Bloor x Brunswick) looked like in 2013 before any bike lanes, so presumably it’d go back to that. Drivers will feel all warm and fuzzy until Uber drivers are stopping in the new driving lane instead of the bike lane lol

 

[nfitz]

Once act 212 passes the entirety of the bloor, university and yonge bike lanes must be removed as that is what's in the act states. nothing about bloor west is in the act. i expect the removals to start pretty quickly once it passes.

I expect the that the city will start some kind of legal challenge to it - likely under Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("7 Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.")

Even if the city loses, I'm sure skilled lawyers can drag it out for many years.