The Ontario government is considering bringing forward legislation that could prohibit the installation of bike lanes when lanes for motor vehicles are removed as a result, sources say.
Siemiatycki said “this government has signalled that the car is king,” pointing to prior steps the governing Progressive Conservatives (PCs) have taken to ease costs for drivers.
He sees the PCs as making a clear play for the votes of motorists, and believes the policy would also appeal to many drivers frustrated with congestion on the roads.
Honestly, there aren’t many places that do bike lanes well anyway, and so long as the idea of bike lanes in Ontario is a painted line at the edge of the asphalt, I wouldn’t bother.
So many bike lanes are not well considered. They have poor maintenance because they’re the shoulder, they can be filled with debris that punctures tires or reduces traction, there are manhole covers are grates, parked cars, or they lead into sidewalks that you can’t legally bike on, etc.
As a rider you have to do what’s safest, and when there isn’t quality infrastructure that means avoiding certain roads and taking the full lane on others.
This law would simply make it impossible to create that infrastructure, which really sucks
You’re supposed to take the lane if the “bike shoulder” isn’t safe to ride in
Yes, but then you have to be prepared to be verbally abused, honked at, hated, or even just plain hit by a car because drivers don’t understand this.
That’s the bare minimum requirements needed to live in Toronto as a human, lol
Yes, and wear a giant yellow reflective vest
I mean, removing the cars from the road where you install a bike lane is how to do it tho
Well yes, as in step one in a many step process. Most places don’t even consider step one.