Petition to remove bike lanes from arterial streets…enough of the insanity!

Please remove the bike lanes.

I strongly support the removal of bike lanes on Bloor Street, Yonge Street, and University Avenue as outlined in Bill 212. These corridors are critical for high volumes of vehicular traffic, including transit vehicles, emergency services, and goods transportation. Returning these bike lanes to vehicular lanes will alleviate congestion, improve traffic flow, and enhance accessibility for all road users. In addition, I propose extending the scope of the bill to include the removal of bike lanes on Richmond Street and Adelaide Street. These routes serve as vital east-west arteries in Toronto’s downtown core, carrying significant vehicular and commercial traffic. The reduction of vehicle lanes on these streets has created bottlenecks, especially during peak hours, impacting commute times and the efficiency of goods movement. While bike lanes are important, they must be strategically placed to balance the needs of all road users. Prioritizing corridors with lower traffic volumes or alternative routes for cyclists would ensure that Toronto’s road network operates effectively, reducing gridlock and supporting economic activity.

These lanes have made living in Toronto undesirable. It has made emergency response difficult. It hurts people who commute to the suburbs, who need to get kids to daycare or school before work or do pick up, who cannot be late for work, who have jobs where they are required to have multiple stops, who have kids in activities, who have busy live, who have small businesses in these major routes, who use the subway when an issue requires bus use instead, who cycle but need to get anywhere in the city for the 8 months of the year when weather is too cold to cycle, who care about the environment and are concerned about idling. The bike lane posts have made the street ugly and removed any aesthetic beauty. These lanes have shown the councillors to be completely incompetent and out of touch with 99.9% of the population.

No more bike lanes!

Remove the bike lanes on major roads like Yonge Street, Bloor Street and Avenue Roda.

The bike lanes have created traffic chaos especially during rush hour. And for what? There is a subway along Bloor St. A bike path along the Martin Goodman Trail. How many bikers will there be in the winter when it snows?

I support NO vehicular lane reductions on roadways to make space for bicycle lanes.

Adding bike lanes impedes automobile traffic which is more important to the city. Often sufficient care in their to economize on their design, for example by using boulevards. Some bike lanes have been accompanied by the addition of left turn lanes even in places where a left turn is not possible

Bike lanes ? Yes done intelligently on the correct roads , Danforth Avenue bike lanes are impeding emergency vehicles, remove these bike lanes.

Restore the missing driving lanes! Get rid of the badly implemented bike lanes. Bikes have a place, but it is not on busy arterial roads, and not at the expense of an entire driving lane.

According to the Star the average long-term cyclist has an annual income over $100K...well above average. Catering to the elite?

Bikes on Poplar Plains Rd and Russell Hill Rd; cars only on Avenue Road

There is no data to supporr the bike lanes on Unviersity and Avenue Road. the City's own report is grossly deficient in any data supprting those bike lanes.

Bikes and bike lanes are good to have, but the Toronto city government is overdoing it with way too many of these being installed on Toronto's main streets. I support the removal of some of these and suggest stopping any further implementation of such without improved, inclusive communication and agreement from a wider public. I really disapprove of the expense the municipal government has caused due to this action being necessary. JL

Eglinton is next!

Get rid of bike lanes and parking on Bloor etc

add more bike lanes!!

I wholeheartedly support the removal of bike lane curbs as a dangerous addition to the already overcrowded and overburdened major arteries.

Enough of the insanity...more people are driving and more trucks delivering....gridlock is not the answer.

Traffic in the GTA is horrendous. How can anyone support reducing lanes for a handful of people who ride bikes. In winter, very few people are bike riding and the lanes are wasted space.