We’ve made so much progress. But it could all be undone, all at once.
Reports have come out that the Ontario government plans to bring forward legislation that would block the installation of bike lanes where motor vehicle lanes would have to be reduced. These changes would severely limit the ability of Toronto and municipalities across the province to expand their networks of safe and protected bike lanes.
(Screenshot from a CBC news story from September 19, 2024: "Ontario eyes barring new bike lanes where car lanes would be cut".)
In cities and towns across Ontario, people want a more vibrant and friendlier public realm. They know that easing traffic congestion is about giving people more transportation options, not fewer. Ontarians want to achieve net zero for a greener, healthier future and want their communities to be connected so that not every trip to school, to the store, or to work has to be taken by car.
In Toronto, the new legislation by the provincial government will put so many transformative projects at risk and will allow a small minority of voices to block progress on our growing cycling network.
And in communities across the province that are just beginning to embrace the benefits of complete streets, this anti-bike lane legislation could indefinitely pause progress.
Help us tell the province that we love our communities’ bike lanes, and we don't want the province saying where they can or can't be built because:
- Bike lanes are good for business
- They’re good for the environment
- They’re good for public and personal health
- They give us freedom and mobility
- Bike lanes save lives
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